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Can Nigeria be the China of Africa?

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I am delighted to be invited to deliver the Founders’ Day Lecture of the University,
and I thank the Governing Council, Vice-Chancellor and Management of the
University of Benin for the honor. I understand that this University was initially
founded in 1970--- the watershed year in Nigeria’s history, being the end of the civil
war and the regeneration of hope in a united Nigeria. In 1975, the University was
taken over by the Federal Government. That year was the peak of the first oil boom
and the consequent construction/reconstruction boom, and hence the University was
built on hope and optimism for Nigeria. The University of Benin, as a child of hope,
was established to cement and propel that hope. Our chequered history so far in the
fulfillment of that hope is well known to all of us.

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: ., 2006

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978-068-507-X

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