Despite June 12, Babangida was our greatest lawgiver in the last century(2) vanguardngr.com vanguardnews
was in the Armoured Corps as our Commander, but, his approach to professional excellence cut across the entire Army. Everybody came to see him, without protocol; everybody was free with him; you always left him feeling happier than when you went in” – Colonel , later Brigadier, Mohammed Marwa.
Frequently, Nigerians, even till today, write about “our Founding Fathers” – Ahmadu Bello, Azikiwe and Awolowo – as if they created for us a paradise on earth on October 1, 1960 instead of a crude work in process which did not even last six years before disintegrating with the first coup.
Despite the total repeal of all the elements which constituted the “Progressive Agenda” in the 1950s to early 1960s, most South Western leaders of thought still talk as if Awolowo left us with an abiding legacy. He did not. We have demolished it. Ahmadu Bello and Azikiwe were even worse. Whereas Awo is still fondly remembered for “Free Education” in the old Western Region, neither Azikiwe nor Ahmadu Bellow left behind any such legacy.
In all fairness, Babangida, as explained in my new book, IBRAHIM B BABANGIDA1985-1992: LETTING A THOUSAND FLOWERS BLOOM, can only be compared with Gowon , Abacha , Shagari and Obasanjo . The others – Abubakar, Ironsi, Mohammed, Buhari and Abdulsalami had very little time in the saddle for any fair comparison to be made — except perhaps by looking at what was undertaken in the first year and the implied direction of government from the measures undertaken. Otherwise, they too don’t count.
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