Blessing Ibunge in Port Harcourt
Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, former Minister of Aviation, Chief Osita Chidoka, and former Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Timi Alaibe, have called for a national rebirth anchored on accountability, justice and civic courage.
They insisted that Nigeria cannot overcome its governance challenges without ending impunity and restoring respect for human life.
The call was made yesterday, at the 28th Wole Soyinka Lecture Series and National Association of Seadogs (NAS) Martyrs’ Day in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, where Chidoka delivered the keynote lecture on the theme, ‘Reclaiming the Nigerian State through Accountability, Justice and Civic Courage’.
Speakers at the event agreed that their experience underscored the need to build a Nigerian state where no citizen would again suffer arbitrary abuse of power.
