At PUNCH’s 50th anniversary lecture, Soyinka echoes call for decentralisation

At PUNCH’s 50th anniversary lecture, Soyinka echoes call for decentralisation
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L-R: Chairman, Punch Nigeria Limited, Mrs Angela Emuwa; Chief (Mrs) Iyabo Ogunshola; her husband/Chairman Emeritus, Punch Nigeria Limited, Chief Ajibola Ogunshola; Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka; Deputy Governor, Ogun State, Mrs Noimot Salako-Oyedele; Minister of Information, Mohammed Malagi; and a former Minister of Industry, Dr Nike Akande.

L-R: Chairman, Punch Nigeria Limited, Mrs Angela Emuwa; Chief (Mrs) Iyabo Ogunshola; her husband/Chairman Emeritus, Punch Nigeria Limited, Chief Ajibola Ogunshola; Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka; Deputy Governor, Ogun State, Mrs Noimot Salako-Oyedele; Minister of Information, Mohammed Malagi; and a former Minister of Industry, Dr Nike Akande.

“We speak about food hunger because it is real. But palliatives are temporary stop-gap policies. They do not reach the heart of the problem. This is why we need to decentralise development as massively as possible,” Mr Soyinka said.

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