Opinion: Isa Funtua: Trust Betrayed, By Abdu Rafiu
The sudden departure of Ismaila Isa Funtua from earthly life came as a shock. Yes, hardly does death give anyone notice that it would soon come calling or it is already by the door seeking entry. Many who have had a protracted illness and over whom families and relations have given up hope, have been known to have recovered miraculously. Babies die; youths with everything going for them, die; the old kick the bucket, in calm or rough weather.
Every definitive parting is painful, no matter who may be involved – young or old. We regard death with great apprehension. We fear this secret weapon called death so much so that a great many avoid funeral processions. Every death is a sobering moment for us all. The sudden departure of Ismaila Isa Funtua has therefore driven cold shivers down our spines and provided opportunity for sobering reflections.
The NPO ought to have known that naming the prime NIJ property without carrying stakeholders along would be controversial. It ought to have known that questions would be asked and convincing answers would need to be provided. I am not persuaded that the justification adduced is cogent and unassailable.
The institute was the brain child of Lateef Jakande when he was chairman of the NPAN. Its establishment was opposed on the ground that by 1971 when the institute took off, Nigeria already hadof higher learning – Lagos University and University of Nigeria – offering degree courses in Mass Communication. Nsukka may have been engulfed in war during which time Mass Communication students were brought from the war enclave to UNILAG, by 1971, it was already getting back on its feet.
He was unbending in the press agitation that the military must go. During Yakubu Gowon’s administration, he wrote to Kam Salem, the inspector-general of Police, that if his men had any problem with the, they should leave his editors alone, but come for him. He was managing director and Editor-in. He wrote editorials from jail in the heady days of the 1962 crisis in the Western Region.
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