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Tribute to Yoruba nationalist Bayonle Ademodi (1952-2020)

December 29, 2020

By Ademola Adebisi

back link building services=0></a></div><p>There is a possibility that the editor of this piece will hesitate a bit to consider the piece for publication. This, I want to presume, will be for the reason that the man I have chosen to memorialise in this piece was neither a flamboyant celebrity nor a grandiloquent political figure. Yet, I hope the editor will be persuaded by my conviction that, for people to cultivate the culture of constant thinking of what they can do for their country, as opposed to what their country can do for them, Nigerians in all walks of life, who are also making a difference in their little corners must be recognised and celebrated. According to a Rosicrucian mystic, everyone in the course of life cannot be a mountain, but many can be just a little hill which is not also obscure. The latter was the life of the late Ondo State Commissioner for Regional Integration and Special Duties, Professor Bayonle Ademodi, a formidable intellectual, Yoruba nationalist and a patriot, whose soul reintegrated with the universal soul just recently.</p><p>The fact that Professor Ademodi was not given to the high octave of Nigerian politics does not diminish his stature as a politician who was so committed to the rediscovery of Yoruba ethos of Omoluabi and its inculcation in the current generation of Yoruba youth who seem to be victims of ruthless erosion of Yoruba ethos and culture. Against this backdrop, Ademodi was so committed to the agenda of integrating Yoruba people of Western and North-Central Nigeria, as one strong player in the very competitive Nigerian federalism as if that was his sole political mission. In that pursuit, Ademodi did not harbour hatred towards other ethnic groups in the country. He did not equate regional integration with xenophobia. Rather, he was of the realistic stance that the Yoruba race within the Nigerian federation needed to coalesce resources and talents to sustain the excellence for which they are known.</p><div class='code-block code-block-5' style='margin: 8px 0; clear: both;'> <a href=https://www.adhang.com/guest-posting-services/ ><img class=lazy src=

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