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Ogbemudia Opens Up On Awolowo

Ogbemudia & Papa AwolowoGeneral Samuel Osaigbovo Ogbemudia (retd.) was the former military and civilian governor of old Bendel State. The elder statesman spoke candidly on late Sage, Chief Obafemi Awolowo recently.

“when I built the Sapele bridge. Before the construction of the bridge, they used to cross the river with pontu. It cost us 1.5 million pounds and we wanted the money back. So, I went to Chief Obafemi Awolowo who was then the Federal Commissioner for Finance. He said, I will pay you and within 20 days, the cheque was ready. So, my friends in the West went to protest; they said, why are you doing this? We have been writing to you to give us money, you didn’t. but when Ogbemudia wrote to you, you just gave him a cheque. Awolowo said yes, the man has a programme. If you have any bring it. So, they said okay, we will go and prepare our programme. When Awolowo came here (Benin), he said to me, until this morning when I left the office, no programme has come. So you cannot run a government without a programme.”

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– Culled from Saturday SUN