Daily Independent (Lagos)
29 June 2009
Chief Obafemi Awolowo was the typical leader Plato would recommend for any state - one who must be a great thinker for him to become a king or, who, upon becoming a king, must proceed to be a great thinker. Ikemba Nnewi and Eze Gburugburu Ndigbo, Dim Emeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, millionaire son-turned-secessionist leader, knew that much when he described Awo as the best President Nigeria never had.
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Chief Obafemi Owolowo was among other things, the "Father of Free Basic Education” in Nigeria. His educational philosophy and legacy that he left with the Nigerians of the former western region has remained unsurpassed. He really saw the importance of education for all Nigerians as the foundation of democracy, economic and socio-cultural development. He was quite an accomplished Nigerian.