boethius wrote the consolation of philosophy

The demise of these professors diminishes the intellectual space of the Nigerian society. Someone once said that when a griot dies, an entire library goes up in flame. Ebere Onwudiwe at ISGPP and NIPSS in succession to speak on a range of policy concerns at different times in recent past. Femi Odekunle provided technical support when I was desk officer on AU Anti-Corruption in the Presidency while I personally received Prof. Professor Oye Ibidapo-Obe was the chair of the Governing Council of the Technical University, Ibadan where I am a member Professor Duro Ajeyalemi was a renowned educator with whom I worked closely at the Federal Ministry of Education Prof. After trying to get over the untimely death of Professor Habu Galadima, the late director-general of NIPSS, for whom I had to engage in the emotionally traumatizing task of writing a tribute, the number of deaths that have followed takes the steam out of eulogies for me. Many of those who have died are those I have had the privilege of knowing and relating with at deep intellectual levels. This is not just a mere discourse for me. Just recently, there have been discussions about the rising Covid-related fatalities among eminent Nigerians, and especially among professors. Many more are cowering in their homes, not knowing what to expect from a virus of whom not much is known. And many more lives are on critical lists at various isolation centers across Nigeria. We are well into the trauma of the second wave of the pandemic, with the onslaught of a new variant of COVID-19 ravaging our lives and emotions. These are indeed terrible times, the like of which most of us have never known.

Boethius wrote the consolation of philosophy