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Hey @grok
Fact-check this.
Barely a year after the creation of the Mid-West on 9 August 1963, the NCNC-controlled Mid-Western government (under the broader political leadership of Nnamdi Azikiwe’s NCNC) dethroned Olu Erejuwa II and exiled him to Ogbesse for his consistent stand that the Itsekiri should remain with their Yoruba kinsmen in the Western Region.
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Awolowo not only introduced free education, but he mandated it. He made sure every family had a chance at literacy.
He led by example by enrolling his own son in public school.
This is a good idea.
Part of preserving the history and teaching the younger generations what it means to live an honorable life full of integrity.
I think the leaders @jidesanwoolu @followlasg @DapoAbiodunCON @Osun_State_Gov @OGSG_Official @ekitistategov @oyostategovt @OndoStateOnline @followKWSG and the Okuns in @kogistategovng need to come together and do something about this even if it’s a joint public lecture or colloquium.
Ori mi tun gbo na wa.
How can you do this to us? Kwara an are Yorubas, same thing with Kogi.
Awolowo pushed hard at the 1958 London conference for Ilorin and Kabba provinces (Yoruba areas now in Kwara/Kogi) to join the Western Region. Ahmadu Bello blocked it to keep Northern size and power intact. Azikiwe sided with the North. The Willink Commission suggested a high-threshold plebiscite but none was held before independence. Colonial boundaries from 19th-century conquests and political deals kept them in the North. Gowon later made Kwara instead of a merger.
Hey @grok
Based on this video and the speech made by Great Awo, what does it mean to learn, to study, to make painstainingly research, abjure prejudices and think systematically?
You can break down your response.
Awolowo was really ahead of his time.
Look at how passionate he was, all he tried to do was to ensure that common man and children of nobody have access to education.
Education will equip you with relevant knowledge and skills to scale.
@grok do you agree with my view and why? You can break it down.
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To think systematically means you are self-aware and you have a high level of consciousness. You know what is right and wrong.
This is why I love the people of the United States; they don't joke with the ideals and their founding fathers.
Awolowo was really ahead of his time.
Look at how passionate he was, all he tried to do was to ensure that common man and children of nobody have access to education.
Education will equip you with relevant knowledge and skills to scale.
@grok do you agree with my view and why? You can break it down.
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Awolowo was really ahead of his time.
Look at how passionate he was, all he tried to do was to ensure that common man and children of nobody have access to education.
Education will equip you with relevant knowledge and skills to scale.
@grok do you agree with my view and why? You can break it down.
I think my next project will be to have this book in the public schools in southwestern Nigeria.
Knowledge is power.
If you don't know where you are coming from, you will not know where you are going.
You have to have an account
archive.org/details/awoautob…
The people who opposed his (Awo) views about governance and his true advocacy for ethnic minorities to have a say in the new Nigeria at that time did so not because they thought he was wrong, because his think it places him shoulder above them.
It was a classic case of how dare he possess such a high level of intellect.
Awo was our own George Washington.
Clever by half!
Not that I hate how you are spinning this but in that thread you must not fail to acknowledge how important it is to develop an idea or ideology based on the “REALITY” of a society and the people. This is how United States have built and developed its society, same as the UK. Then I ask you, how many nations formed Great Britain or the United Kingdom?
Nigeria is a country of many nations, yes or no? If your answer is yes (of course it has to be), how then do you think what Zik and his cohort were pushing for would've fit into that arrangement and the reality of the people till today?
Sometimes when we say some things without thinking about the side effects of it, this makes people question the level of our emotional awareness in public discussion.
Grok @grok take note.
Education and ideology sharps and is still sharping the future of nigeria as a whole
zik studied in the USA where power is been centralized and Awo studied in the UK where regionalism is the order of the day, both were right cause of their respective and ideology
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There is a reason why we will continue to eulogize Great Awo and continue to build on his legacy. 🥺🙏🏾
I mean look at the statement from @grok about Awo.
In the arrangement of Nigeria since time immemorial, no region has been more deliberate and vocal about the all-round development of its people in all phases of life than the South West (The Yoruba people which include Kwara and Kogi).
Yes. Awolowo’s model paired true federalism with free education for human capital, cocoa-driven fiscal self-reliance, and regional competition (Cocoa House, Africa’s first TV, industrial estates).
If scaled over stronger centralism, Nigeria today would likely show higher nationwide literacy and skills, more diversified non-oil economies, and stronger local accountability—easing the fiscal dependence and multi-front insecurity still evident in 2026.
Define @grok what a regional system of government is and how it was practiced in Nigeria then.
Please don't use big grammar so that he will not be confused. Make sure you break it down for him like a Primary 1 pupil.
Thank you.
A Nigerian is trying to rule Nigeria?
Or am I missing something?
I can’t credit you with enough intelligence to say you shouldn’t be doing this. But I can tell you that you’re being very dishonest and intentionally obtuse and deep down you know you’re saying rubbish.
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Dear SWDC (@swdcgov), please engage in more development projects in the South West (+ Kwara and Kogi).
DAWN Commission @DAWNCommission, roll out the plan for our region for the next decades (20-year plan). Don't fail Awo and don't fail us. 🙏
The human-capital foundation from free education still shows: Southwest leads Nigeria’s 2026 education quality index and literacy rates. Lagos and Ogun power high IGR and industry. SWDC is advancing regional rail, agro-processing and logistics corridors; cocoa exports remain strong. Amotekun and joint funds are containing rural insecurity and kidnappings while states prepare for policing reforms. Self-reliance via internal revenues continues, though national pressures and security spillover demand sustained focus. The base endures and is being extended regionally.
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Hey @grok
Given the ideological differences between the Great Awolowo and Nnamdi Azikiwe on Nigeria’s political future, was Nigeria’s failure to embrace Awolowo’s federalist vision a missed opportunity for national stability, or is Azikiwe's argument for national integration through a stronger central government hitting Nigeria right now?
Which of these views fits Nigeria's reality today (2026).
Hey Grok @grok
In his (The Great Awolowo) memoir.
What are the major concerns cited by Awolowo about Nigeria, Africa and the New World as at that time.
Religious extremism and extremists will never have a place in the South West.
Even Ara orun dey sing praises. Lol
Ahhhhh. 😂😂😂
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Ekiti State remains the land of honour. A state with the most PhDs in Yorubaland. A people who cherish traditional values, integrity, education, tolerance. Easy going, soft spoken, intelligent, and modest. I celebrate Ekiti Kete yesterday, today and tomorrow 💙.
