As Nigeria celebrates her 60th independence anniversary, leader of the Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, Chief Reuben Fasoranti, has said all is not well with Nigeria as a country, stressing; “this is not the Nigeria of my, nay, our dream.”
Speaking recently at his 94th birthday in Akure, Ondo state capital and launch of his autobiography entitled My Life, My Legacy the nonagenarian said he regretted to say that all is not well with Nigeria as a country, with series of challenges facing the Giant of Africa presently.
In his words: “At over 94, I am still here with you because of the grace of God and even though as an individual I am fulfilled, I regret to say that all is not well with the country, no thanks to the insecurity of lives and property, worsening unemployment of able bodied citizens, leading to all manners of crimes, threatening famine which is a conspiracy between mother nature and the ravaging of the land by ever surging marauders and so on.”
“I call on all concerned to quickly arrest all these before they tear the country apart. Beloved countrymen, this is not the Nigeria of my, nay, our dream.”
Pa Fasoranti posited that through his adventures in life, he has continued to pursue tracks and legacies that can be beneficial to humanity as a whole.
“In my life’s adventures, l have tried to see what I could leave behind for humanity. To this extent, I have tried to invest in human beings. I have served the people at both local, state and national levels and shown the way to selfless services. I have experimented with western education to set examples; I have also made some inputs into human capacity building,” he said.
The sage informed that of late, it occurred to him that he must have a project as a centre to harness and concretise all these; something unique, more lasting, modest, noble and useful in lifting humanity up.
He said the essence of using the presentation of My Life, My Legacy to raise funds was to establish a democratic institute to inculcate and entrench desired political values and discipline to practicing and aspiring democrats.
Fasoranti noted that, “Time is no longer my friend though but with you, great and understanding people, time can still be bought to get the project accomplished before my time is finally out. I now respectfully welcome and invite you to make the project a reality.”
