As Nigeria grapples with the migration of over 3.6 million citizens in two years, Prof Godwin Akper has described the ‘japa’ syndrome
as a journey towards modern slavery. as a journey towards modern slavery.
Africa, he emphasised, has the potential to rejuvenate acceptable community life, even as he called for moral regeneration in public spaces. In the inaugural lecture entitled, ‘Are we the reason? Religion in the Nigerian Public Spheres’, the professor of African Christian Studies: Systematic Theology noted that the public face of Christian religion in contemporary Nigeria was shaped by the ‘public church’.
According to him, African countries can comfortably feed their teeming population without feeling the pinch. “This is, if our leaders of the time, mean to do so. We have left the dream and ideals of the founding fathers of Africa and Nigeria. So, we are now reaping what we never planted.
Gunmen have killed two persons, including the Chairman of All Progressives Congress for Mai Dabino community in Danmusa Local Council of Katsina State, Saidu Basa. as a journey towards modern slavery. Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission , Prof. Mahmood Yakubu; Oyo State former governor, Rashidi Ladoja; Chairman, Senate Committee on Electoral Matters, Sarafadeen Alli; Chairman, House Committee on Electoral Matters, Adebayo Balogun
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