Reminiscence of a leader and teacher of french: the place of french in Nigerian Education System
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2023-06-01
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Timothy Asobele, S.J.
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ELIS-UNILAG
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I attended Kabba Provincial Secondary School Okene, Kogi State 1963-1967 and Federal Government College Sokoto 1968-1969. I went to college during the administration of Late Sir Ahmadu Bello, the Sardauna of Sokoto and Premier of Northern Nigeria (1954-1966). Sir Ahrnadu Bello's major policy was tagged WAI (War Against Ignorance)
and he had as allies to prosecute this policy: Alhaj i Commassie, Yahaya Gusau etc. realizing the fact that "Development is about people" and cock sure that Education is the beacon of development he established WAI in
order to fight ignorance among the citizens of all the 13 provinces that made up Northern Nigeria. I was a beneficiary of WAI at BIK Native Authority that granted me right to education in Kabba and later at Kabba Provincial Secondary School Okene, in the then Kabba province with Headquarters in Lokoja. It was at Kabba Provincial Secondary School I imbibed the following virtues which stucked to me in my adult life. The character traits of a PSS pupil in the 1960s included the four D. Discipline, Devotion,
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Timothy Asobele, S.J. (2023). Reminiscence of a leader and teacher of french: the place of french in Nigerian Education System. A public presentation to the Staff and students of the Department of European Languages and Integration Studies, 64p.