What a day!

Ekiti pronounced 'Eh-key-tea' is tagged the Fountain of Knowledge in Nigeria. One reason for this is that the people are known for being knowledgeable. You could count the highest number of professors in the country there at a time in the past. I can't say if that is still true. It was popularly believed that they loved education. I visited Ado Ekiti on the 19th of May. I have always passed through the outskirts of Ekiti before this day and Ekiti borders my hometown in Kogi State. The town you would get to before my hometown is Omuo-Oke. Elders from my hometown say the people are sort of stubborn. I don't know how true this is. It happened the governor, Ayo Fayose had told the petroleum marketers to remove their structures if they were in areas where people lived and thus, they reacted by not selling fuel. The assignment at Ekiti was to see someone special and give about 50 litres worth of fuel to him. The hidden assignment was that I was to introduce myself. I d...

With Kiity at the BEDC Ondo-Ekiti State Office Its 31. Whew! I realised yesterday that a calendar will not show my age again after this year. I started the day with a walk with Kiity. We took a walk down to the NIMC Office on the SIB/Igbatoro road where we turned back and continued our walk. We talked about how I felt about the new year and then She gave a long talk about my view on a particular issue. It was about the way I considered utilising the internet/IT wave we have been experiencing in our part of the world. I had plugged in with NairaBooks and unplugged out some years ago. I have been considering a replug for a while. I haven't made a move on this. I was to make a move on a work with a farm two months ago but I didn't follow through. She advised on something related to what the Book The Third Wave by Steve Case. You can call him one of the AOL guys. He said the new wave will be from Industry based fellows, people with a background or would I say ins...

Whew! and it felt good. I drove to Akure for the first time on Sunday, 14th May 2017. It was a long drive from Lagos. I and Kiity had planned to leave after the service at Foursquare Gospel Church, VGC. This trip was my third inter-State trip (given that trips taken to Covenant University are still called Lagos-to-Lagos). The first was to Ijebu-ode. I drove in DLG's Toyota 4Runner. Driving with a V8 engine has always been great. I always have to remind myself to take it easy. The Second was to Sapele. I drove in Chibuzor's Honda Accord. It was on the 3rd of January 2016, I remember. I was low on cash and I was still wondering how I would get money for travel and other stuff I wanted to do when my phone rang and I was asked if I could drive down to Ughelli, some kilometres after Sapele. The trip was amazing. The distance was longer than I had ever done. Driving to Akure in the Rio was hmmm..smooth only that the state of the road from a point after Itele to Ore would gi...