Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State says the late business mogul deserves the highest national honourArticle | June 13, 2012 – 3:37am | By Yinka Ojo
Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State has urged the federal government to confer the nation’s highest honour, the GCFR award, on the late Moshood Abiola.
In a statement signed by his Special Adviser on Media, Festus Adedayo, the governor said that the Nigerian nation should see the late business mogul as a symbol of democracy and the martyr who laid down his life for the democracy enjoyed today by Nigerians.
“To have continued with this perennial silence on the democratic feat that Abiola wrought through his sheer bravery and belief in Nigeria would show to the whole world that we are an ungrateful nation,” he said.
“But for Abiola and his bravery in choosing to die rather than allow his mandate to be exchanged for the biblical mesh of portage, we would perhaps still be in the bondage of military rule and crying out for democratic salvage.”
Ajimobi commended President Goodluck Jonathan for seeking to name monuments after Abiola. “Many of our children born post-June 1993 today do not know who MKO Abiola was,” he said. “Such recognition of the man would, first, show us as a grateful nation; grateful to a man who paid the supreme sacrifice for our today.
“Second, it will naturally bring out more patriotic Nigerians out of our people; and third, it would write the name of the present government in gold in the annals of governance in Nigeria.”
Yinka has taught at various levels of education. He has published a textbook on effective teaching practice and several academic papers in reputable journals. He is currently an education consultant. He loves writing, poetry, music and is presently working on a musical album billed to be released into the market soon.
