…Urges Nigerians to keep records useful for coming generations
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has charged scholars to try as much as possible to bring back the glory of Ibadan as the intellectual capital of Africa, saying the city used to occupy that status.
Makinde also urged Nigerians to document good things they are doing and keep records useful for coming generations.
The governor made the calls during a book launch written by Prof. Olufemi Vaughan with the title: ‘Letters, Kingship and Social Mobility in Nigeria’ at the Trenchard Hall, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.
The governor said: ‘’It is never too late to keep records. Let us start keeping records. We don’t just have to keep records but engage in things that are edifying. Let us keep records that can be useful to the coming generations. I have seen the usefulness of the information in the book. I want to encourage our people to document good things they are doing. We should do those things that are edifying.
‘’Each local government will buy 100 copies each and put them in secondary schools. I will buy 300 copies for the state.
‘’Diasporans should contribute their quota to what we are doing here.
‘’Ibadan used to be the intellectual capital of Africa. We must try and bring that back’’.
The reviewer, Kunle Kasumu, described the book as unique and important. He also said Prof. Vaughan is a brilliant intellectual.
The author, Vaughan said the book is a product of 3,000 letters handed over to him by his father.
 In his opening remarks, Bishop of Diocese of Ibadan North, Rev. Oluwarotimi Aladekugbe lauded the author for the job well done.