Most of the years after Independence a military dictatorship has ruled Nigeria. One army leader was worse and more brutal and constrictive than the former, coups de eta followed one after another.
All of us to whom this way of ruling a country of 130 million thought this would lead nowhere were right
.
I asked a Priest what contribution I should make, he said education
So I started a school. Classes of 25 boys and girls who has not been to school or for whom school
could only be attended when they had money for books or could afford the required uniform or extra tuition fees demandedattended, all free
Eventually we employed5 lady teachers ran 5 classes with an administrator after local voluntreer women looking after the day to day running.
My own funds or monies from the expatriate community paid the bills
I maintained an interest in Partners a rural development NGO and made efforts to support
Nigerian human rights individuals.
Today Nigeria has democracy of sorts and is on the first step perhaps to joining the worlds developed nations. What will happen in the future ....will depend to some extent by the number of opportunities it creates for its young people, now numbering about half of the 170 million people who are the Nigerian race of today
1992 to 2000 ca
1... Majidun State Government Detention Camp .. I campaigned to Ministerial level for better conditions
2...Partners NGO Hoispital refurb rural sanitation and water ... I ran the NGO for 3 years on a voluntary when the Founder of this and Paretenaires NGO France left Nigeria
3...The Kirikirii Initiative ... Founder of a school in deprived slum area of Lagos
4... Friends of the Disabled... Trustee
5... VSO London .. support in Lagos for young volunteers over 8 years
6... Kirikiri Prison .. visits and support for Human Rights Watch and an affiliated body in Lagos
7. Support for Human Rights Activists and a Miscarriage of Justrice organisation
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