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Veteran journalist and former governor of Ogun State, Chief Olusegun Osoba has advised Nigerian elites to ensure timely documentation of their giant strides in life before death comes knocking.
TheNewsGuru.com, TNG reports that Osoba spoke on Thursday (today) at the launch of the epochal Book on the Guardian’s remarkable 10 years of its foundation and operation, and the award of excellence to its founder and first publisher, Mr Alex Uruemu Ibru, in recognition of his outstanding proprietorship.
Osoba who chaired the event said Nigerian elites should not allow others tell their story for them to avoid twists and turns. He recalled how the late first civilian governor of Lagos State, Alhaji Lateef Jakande made enviable impacts during his short rain as governor. He said Jakande laid the foundation for what is known today as the modern Lagos but did not capture any of these feats in a book for history purposes.
“The unfortunate thing in Nigeria is that we don’t write. Jakande died. Inspite of the availability of time for over 30 – 40 years he didn’t write. The history of Nigeria Institute of Journalism (NIJ), Nigeria Union of Journalist (NUJ), Guild of Editors, Nigerian Newspapers Proprietors Association (NNPA) is not complete without him. He was the founder and bedrock of all these institutions available to our profession today but he didn’t write,” Osoba said.