Hmmm, my people, wait o! Na Lai Mohammed, our former Minister of Information and Culture, don dey shine light on him life for public service as e drop him book o. This guy wey sabi talk, don launch book wey dem dey call ‘Headlines & Soundbites: Media Moments that Defined an Administration’ for Yakubu Gowon University, Abuja.
During this launch, Lai come dey soft-sell us wetin happen for him tenure since 2015 wey carry go 2023. E talk say na him dey hold record as the longest-serving Minister of Information for Naija! Na wah! He come talk say this book no be just for waka pass, e wahala too dey inside for all the big gbege and wahala wey happen as e dey work.
Just imagine say we go hear how dem take gree suspend Twitter (wetin don turn to X now), wey everybody dey shout about! E still talk about how dem take handle the #EndSARS protests – chai, dat one no be small matter. E also drop gist on that P&ID wahala wey people dey talk say dem wan collect $9.6 billion from Naija. Wetin no go happen ehn!
Lai drop this book to show say make we as Africans fit tell our own stories, so we no go carry hear say from people wey no sabi wetin happen. E say na dem wey dey inside government get the full gist, so him own wahala na to keep am for posterity. Na im make am put this library donation as part of wetin dem dey call Reading Sessions Project, wey go help students sharp their reading game!
The Vice-Chancellor of the school, Professor Hakeem Fawehinmi, come praise Lai as e say the book go add value to the library. E talk say dis book go serve as reference material wey go help students and academics learn from that time. Omo, everybody dey chop knowledge as e dey flow!
And guys, the launch no be just wahala like that o, na also celebration for the late President Major General Muhammadu Buhari wey just turn 83! This one na good way to keep the memory alive. E be like say we go dey hear more of dis kain stories as we dey move forward.
So, my Naija people, as Lai don open dis new chapter for him life, e go fit make sense for you to grab your copy if you wan sabi di inside story of governance for this side of the world. Book wey go sharp your sense! Make we dey read, make we dey grow!
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