As Akinkugbe goes to sleep
‘The name Akinkugbe itself connotes ‘the warrior that does not die in vain’, either as vanquished or as victor. But that spirit of rugged determination to succeed even against major odds is richly reflected in the Akinkugbe mantra’When people go to sleep, they normally are expected to wake up and be up and running thereafter, all things being equal. However, when sleep is used as a euphemism for death, it is understood that the sleeper is gone forever. In such a case, sleep is eternal.
Similarly, as the founding Vice Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, the fourth Vice-Chancellor of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, and an exemplary manager of clinical practices, records and tales of Akinkugbe’s services as a pioneering and astute administrator will also continue to mentor administrators on how to manage universities, colleges of medicine, hospitals, and specialty clinics.
Above all, in lucid tell-tale manner and in fascinating details, Footprints and Footnotes, an Autobiography, published in 2010 when he was 77, chronicles his life, education, career development, professional achievements, and challenges up to that time. Three years later, at 80, he also published two slim volumes, titled Strands from the Fabric of Mind.
I was always invited to his Little Summit residence at the Iyaganku GRA, Ibadan, in a reflective chit-chat with him over sumptuous snacks and choice drinks, either about my past columns or about the subjects of the columns I was going to write about him. One was on the occasion of his 80th birthday and another on the occasion of hanging his stethoscope after half a century of medical education and services .
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