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Patricia Otuedon- Arawore, Hallmarks of Labour, Volume 8, Lagos, Mahogany Limited, 2017. ISBN: 978-36232-0-9.<\/p>\n

Reviewer<\/strong><\/p>\n

Professor Osita Agbu<\/strong><\/p>\n

Introduction<\/strong><\/p>\n

I consider it an honour to be invited by the Hallmarks of Labour Foundation to review Hallmarks of Labour, Volume 8<\/em> authored by Patricia Otuedon-Arawore. Accepting this challenge enabled me to meet the giants that are our role models in this Volume in a most comprehensive way that I may not have been opportuned to. For this, please accept my gratitude.<\/p>\n

The content page of Hallmarks of Labour, Volume 8<\/em> had in it, the usual reflections on the previous volume, and includes also a foreword, preface, various acknowledgements and dedication. Reflecting on Hallmarks of Labour Volume 7, Dr. Gaius Jackson E. Obaseki, in his Opening Remarks outlined prominent Nigerians that had been honoured in the past: Hon. Justice Chukwudifu Oputa, Professor Adeoye Lambo, Mr. Allison Ayida, Izoma Philip Asiodu, Professor Umaru Shehu, Professor Mrs.Grace Alele-Williams, Chief Chukwuemeka Anyaoku, Alhaji Ahmed Joda, Alhaji Babatunde Jose and Chief Mrs. Yetunde Emmanuel. Added to the list of these revered role models include: Justice Kayode Eso, Professor Ben Nwabueze and Professor Olujimi Akinkugbe. You must agree with me that these names are indeed, worthy of emulation, not just by the Hallmarks of Labour Foundation<\/em>, but by all Nigerians and beyond.<\/p>\n

From Dr. Obaseki, we are made to understand that the common themes among the role models in Volume 7 included the virtues of individual scholarship, a single-minded drive for excellence, dedication to service, willingness to serve, and above all, integrity. It will be interesting to see what we will discover in Volume 8 as the underlying denominators of the selected role models. Further, the reflections captured excerpts from the Reviewer, as well as comments and appreciations from important personalities.<\/p>\n

Volume 8, which I am here to review is divided into three major parts, each part featuring a guest role model as follows:<\/p>\n

PART1- His Excellency, Ambassador Oluyemi Adeniyi CON, HLR<\/p>\n

PART 2- His Eminence Anthony Cardinal Olubunmi Okogie, HLR<\/p>\n

PART 3- Professor Itsejuwa Sagay, SAN, HLR<\/p>\n

The foreword to this edition is written by no other than the seminal Chief Philip C. Asiodu CFR, HLR, whom I first met in my lectures as a student of Political Science at the University of Ibadan. In short, he set the right tone for this Book by a re-visit of the mission of Hallmarks of Labour<\/em> \u2013 that is using the histories and profiles of selected role models who have achieved success through hardwork, honesty and integrity to re-orient Nigerians from a culture of crass materialism and primitive wealth acquisition to that of honesty, integrity and commitment to service of our community and the nation in general. She should be much commended for keeping faith with this mission.<\/p>\n

In Hallmarks of Labour <\/em>volume 8, we see as observed by the author an interesting blend of law, religion and International Relations, each a fascinating aspect of society. The Volume is centred on three men of distinction who by dint of hardwork and moral uprightness attained great heights, and became established role mobdels for the younger generation.<\/p>\n

The author dedicates Hallmark of Labour <\/em>Volume 8 to two individuals: Mr Gamaliel Oforitsenere Onosode, also known as \u2018Mr Integrity\u2019 who passed on in 2015; and Samuel Ayitoritsede Otuedon Okore, for their support of the work of the Foundation.<\/p>\n

With respect to methodology, the author has chosen a practical structure of introducing each celebrant with a forward written by a renowned Nigerian, presenting the background and achievements of the role models and drawing lessons from these. And finally, presenting a brief overview of the home front as necessary. Still, it may be necessary to carefully choose and edit the publications and writings of the role models, and the comments and testimonials of others that best depict the person and work of the role models.<\/p>\n

His Excellency, Ambassador Oluyemi Adeniji CON, HLR<\/strong><\/p>\n

Our first Role Model featured in Volume 8 is His Excellency Ambassador Oluyemi Adeniji.\u00a0 The Foreword introducing him is written by Professor Bola Akinterinwa, the former Director-General of the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs, where I have coincidentally worked for the past two decades plus.\u00a0 Professor Akinterinwa spoke of the qualities of this Role Model as a person, public servant and father. Indeed, his eulogies of this Role Model could be regarded as an \u2018Over-kill\u2019. Does it mean that our Role Model has no faults? While we extol the virtues of individuals, we should also be forthright in pointing out areas of weakness as required, as this also serves as lessons for others.<\/p>\n

Moreover, some of the explanatory sentences in the foreword tended to be long-winded. His Excellency, Olu Adeniji is introduced to us as an illustration of the international dimension of national development. The various positions held on behalf of Nigeria and the United Nations eloquently justify this assertion. Notable is the fact that he was the Special Representative of the UN Secretary General and Head of the UN Peace-making mission in Sierra \u2013Leone, where we have had the largest UN mission in history. Amongst the other positions he held, he was later to become Nigeria\u2019s Minister of Foreign affairs, and later of the Interior.<\/p>\n

An accomplished diplomat, administrator and negotiator per excellence<\/em>, Ambassador Adeniji was born in Ijebu-Ode on July 22, 1934. He variously attended primary education at Ijebu-Ode, Ibadan and Jos, and had his secondary education at the Ijebu-Ode Grammar School (1947-1952) where he obtained the Cambridge School Certificate in Grade one. It was noted that he was particularly good in mathematics. However, we note that Oluyemi Adeniji\u2019s mother passed on when he was barely two years old, and he was thus raised by a combination of relatives, including his father and paternal grandfather. As we all know this kind of experience can either make a child wiser and more tolerant or in the alternative, a psychiatric case! Mercifully, in this case it only served to prepare our role model for the future and for the profession he eventually chose.<\/p>\n

With a B.A [London] Honours degree from the University of Ibadan in 1960, which also happens to be my alma mater<\/em>, Ambassador Adeniji joined the diplomatic service in 1960. He was to spend over 30 years in this profession that took him to virtually all continents of the world, serving in Washington D.C, Accra, Freetown, New York, Vienna, Geneva, Paris, and later appointed Director- General [Permanent Secretary] in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs until his formal retirement\u00a0 from civil service in February 1994.<\/p>\n

In July 2003, he was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs by former President Olusegun Obasanjo, where he initiated several innovations in diplomatic practice. However, although retired from public service, Ambassador Adeniji remains a highly versatile diplomat; adept at multilateralism and international security matters.<\/p>\n

On the sub heading, Discourse Circuit<\/em>, <\/strong>the Volume x-rays Ambassador Adeniji\u2019s academic exertions and writings. From pages 34 to 98, the author comprehensively presents the scope and depth of Ambassador Adeniji\u2019s lectures, reports and position papers on international questions.<\/p>\n

What came out from this is that our Role Model is not just a diplomat, but also a highly seminal intellectual in the field of international politics. His deeply profound thoughts revolved around matters of mechanisms for conflict management in West Africa, economic dimension in Nigeria\u2019s Foreign policy, and the application of nuclear technology for socio-economic development of Nigeria. On the matter of development of the peaceful uses of nuclear energy for example, he noted that an important and unfortunate cause of the loss of focus on the development of the peculiar uses of nuclear energy for Nigeria was the unnecessary diversion created by the campaign for building a \u2018black bomb\u2019. Making a case for the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, Ambassador Adeniji drawing from his immense experience while serving at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) stated that nuclear energy offered an environmentally compatible means of energy generation away from fossil fuel, particularly in the context of the desire to address global climatic change.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Further, his writings touched on the changing roles of international and supra national organizations with a clarification on the difference between an international and supra-national organization, He noted that\u00a0 being incapable of performing its primary function of maintaining international peace and security through collective security, the UN had to improvise, and created a secondary role of peacekeeping operations, seen as one of the greatest achievements of the UN beginning with the first operation in Palestine in1948. For him, the requirements for peace-making and peace-keeping cannot be over-emphasized and are an insignificant fraction of resources needed for military expenditures.<\/p>\n

On p.98, which contained testimonials from home and abroad on our role model Ambassador Oluyemi Adeniji, we get a glimpse of who His Excellency really is. He is widely seen as a multilateralist that embraces neither isolationism nor interventionism. He rather preferred grooming respect for Nigeria in Africa. Quite interesting is the view of Dr. Kayode Fayemi, at present Honourable Minister of Solid Minerals Development that the stature of Ambassador Adeniji and his deep knowledge of the foreign policy establishment seemed to have curbed the interventionist proclivities of the then President Olusegun Obasanjo in the foreign policy arena. Gentlemen, please note this comment by Dr. Kayode, and I quote \u2018\u2026 he retains an intellectual curiosity that is uncommon in many seventy years olds, always seeking the views of younger colleagues on issues\u2019. It is believed that Ambassador Adeniji restored a measure of professionalism over politics in the Foreign Ministry.<\/p>\n

I seize this opportunity to touch on the Love-Hate relationship existing between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA), which statutorily is an agency under the Ministry. My experience is that while the NIIA will like to be much closer to the Ministry, one gets the feeling that the Ministry gate-keepers prefer to keep the NIIA away from its activities. How then can one explain the bureaucratic take-over of the multi-million naira customised NIIA Headquarter building constructed by Julius Berger as NIIA\u2019s permanent site, but brazenly usurped by the Federal Capital Development Authority for its own use as mere offices, without effort by the Ministry to retrieve it or restitution from the Federal Government. I see this as a case of misapplication of Government resources and bureaucratic injustice that should be rectified. And I call on the Federal Government to do so.\u00a0 How do we explain the non-inclusion of Research Staff of the NIIA in the numerous diplomatic meetings and negotiations of the Ministry? How then can the Institute be properly empowered to contribute to policy? The questions go on and on. My personal view on this matter formed from over 20 years of work at the NIIA is that this revered Institution should be in Abuja and not Lagos, while the present structure remains in Lagos as a Liaison Office together with the very rich Library to serve the academic and conference needs of Lagos and its environs.<\/p>\n

Our Role Model, no doubt understands and appreciates the point I am trying to make. Seen as an excellent diplomat by Ambassador Tayo Ogunsulire, one of whom we refer to as the \u201812 Apostles\u2019 in the Foreign Ministry, it is noted that the excellent work he did\u00a0 earned him the National Productivity merit Award in 1993, and the National Honour of Commander of the Order of the Niger (CON).<\/p>\n

Professor Ayo Ajomo, OFR in celebrating Ambassador Oluyemi Adeniji at 70, had this to say- \u2018Ambassador Adeniji is noted for diligence, hardwork, uprightness and loyalty. He is a highly disciplined and dedicated man with unalloyed loyalty and unstinted integrity\u2019. What more can we say about our role model. He is also said to be an epitome of humility and exemplary simplicity in his day to day interaction with people.<\/p>\n

Professor Tunde Adeniran, who coincidentally happened to have been my supervisor as an undergraduate student at the University of Ibadan sees in Ambassador Adeniji a man of wisdom, authority and of the ideal in foreign policy implementation. Indeed, he further categorises him as an outstanding intellectual, albeit a caustically witty diplomat, result oriented, supremely courteous, cultivated and urbane in international affairs. To crown all these accolades, Dr. Ibn Chambas, then Executive Secretary of ECOWAS, in evaluating\u00a0 Ambassador Adeniji\u2019s\u00a0 work in the area of\u00a0 disarmament and peace-keeping, dubbed him an \u2018Ambassador of Peace\u2019 without whose efforts many souls would have been lost around the world.<\/p>\n

It is important to note at this juncture, and as aptly put by Ambassador Jaiyeola Lewu, Ambassador Adeniyi is widely commended for authoring the highly acclaimed speech titled \u2018Africa has come to Age\u2019 of the then Head of State, General Murtala Muhammed at the OAU Summit in Ethiopia. The speech helped to rally international support for Augustino Neto\u2019s MPLA against Savimbi\u2019s UNITA, which was supported at that time by Apartheid South Africa and the United States. The international support garnered by Nigeria for the MPLA eventually led to its victory and independence of Angola, and brought the civil war in Angola to an end.<\/p>\n

What more should we know about Ambassador Adeniji, only to ask whether we have had enough of his knowledge in multilateralism – I say no and hope that he will continue to train and grow new generations of diplomats through his writings and public appearances.<\/p>\n

At the home front, Ambassador Oluyemi Adeniyi met, and married Margaret Olubunmi Adeniji [Nee Noah] in 1962, and they are blessed with a girl and two boys. Suffice to say that, was it not for her support, perhaps our revered role model will not be the man he is today.<\/p>\n

His Eminence Anthony Cardinal Olubunmi Okogie HLR<\/strong><\/p>\n

Here, we have a personality that is difficult to strait-jacket. Perhaps, what is easier to say about his Eminence, Anthony Cardinal Olubunmi Okogie is not that he is a priest. But what a priest! A priest for almost five decades, Bishop for over 44 years.\u00a0 And Cardinal for more than 12 years. Indeed, he was appointed a Titular bishop at the age of 35. And hear this, received the Vanguard\u2019s Newspaper Life-Time Achievement Award, 2016 for his role as a crusader for the common good. Without even reading what others have said of him, I see a fearless crusader of the general good, a visionary, disciplinarian and a pioneer in many fields of human endeavour. He dares to thread where others fear! This is our second role model, honoured by the Hallmarks of Labour Foundation.<\/p>\n

Born in Lagos on 16 June 1936, Anthony Oluwabunmi Ewoime Okogie is a product of mixed marriage of Prince Michael Ohigbom Okogie (of Ishan stock, Uromi- Edo state) and Princess Lucy Adunola Okogie (Nee Afolabi, a Yoruba from the ancient town of Oyo). He comes from a family deeply rooted in Christian tenets. Checking his background, and this is always important, we are told that his father was a strict disciplinarian and a stickler for orderliness \u2013 both at home and at work. Young Anthony had to perform chores meant for boys and girls simultaneously- fetching water and firewood, washing the dishes, and sweeping the floor. In dusting his father\u2019s radio, woe betide him if he mistakenly shifts the dial from the older man\u2019s favourite BBC station. However, like all good parents, they spared no costs to give their children good education, which in his case, they could afford.<\/p>\n

His eminence had his primary education at both Lagos Island, and Warri, and very notably became a student of St. Gregory College, Obalende, Lagos in 1951. Infact, his registration number is 1664. I stress this, because I happen also to be a Gregorian of the 1975\/1980…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":7027,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":""},"product_cat":[78],"product_tag":[],"yoast_head":"\nHallmarks of Labour, Volume 8 | Hallmarks of Labour Foundation<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/hallmarksoflabour.org\/product\/hallmarks-of-labour-volume-8\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Hallmarks of Labour, Volume 8 | Hallmarks of Labour Foundation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Patricia Otuedon- Arawore, Hallmarks of Labour, Volume 8, Lagos, Mahogany Limited, 2017. ISBN: 978-36232-0-9. Reviewer Professor Osita Agbu Introduction I consider it an honour to be invited by the Hallmarks of Labour Foundation to review Hallmarks of Labour, Volume 8 authored by Patricia Otuedon-Arawore. Accepting this challenge enabled me to meet the giants that are our role models in this Volume in a most comprehensive way that I may not have been opportuned to. For this, please accept my gratitude. The content page of Hallmarks of Labour, Volume 8 had in it, the usual reflections on the previous volume, and includes also a foreword, preface, various acknowledgements and dedication. Reflecting on Hallmarks of Labour Volume 7, Dr. Gaius Jackson E. Obaseki, in his Opening Remarks outlined prominent Nigerians that had been honoured in the past: Hon. Justice Chukwudifu Oputa, Professor Adeoye Lambo, Mr. Allison Ayida, Izoma Philip Asiodu, Professor Umaru Shehu, Professor Mrs.Grace Alele-Williams, Chief Chukwuemeka Anyaoku, Alhaji Ahmed Joda, Alhaji Babatunde Jose and Chief Mrs. Yetunde Emmanuel. Added to the list of these revered role models include: Justice Kayode Eso, Professor Ben Nwabueze and Professor Olujimi Akinkugbe. You must agree with me that these names are indeed, worthy of emulation, not just by the Hallmarks of Labour Foundation, but by all Nigerians and beyond. From Dr. Obaseki, we are made to understand that the common themes among the role models in Volume 7 included the virtues of individual scholarship, a single-minded drive for excellence, dedication to service, willingness to serve, and above all, integrity. It will be interesting to see what we will discover in Volume 8 as the underlying denominators of the selected role models. Further, the reflections captured excerpts from the Reviewer, as well as comments and appreciations from important personalities. Volume 8, which I am here to review is divided into three major parts, each part featuring a guest role model as follows: PART1- His Excellency, Ambassador Oluyemi Adeniyi CON, HLR PART 2- His Eminence Anthony Cardinal Olubunmi Okogie, HLR PART 3- Professor Itsejuwa Sagay, SAN, HLR The foreword to this edition is written by no other than the seminal Chief Philip C. Asiodu CFR, HLR, whom I first met in my lectures as a student of Political Science at the University of Ibadan. In short, he set the right tone for this Book by a re-visit of the mission of Hallmarks of Labour \u2013 that is using the histories and profiles of selected role models who have achieved success through hardwork, honesty and integrity to re-orient Nigerians from a culture of crass materialism and primitive wealth acquisition to that of honesty, integrity and commitment to service of our community and the nation in general. She should be much commended for keeping faith with this mission. In Hallmarks of Labour volume 8, we see as observed by the author an interesting blend of law, religion and International Relations, each a fascinating aspect of society. The Volume is centred on three men of distinction who by dint of hardwork and moral uprightness attained great heights, and became established role mobdels for the younger generation. The author dedicates Hallmark of Labour Volume 8 to two individuals: Mr Gamaliel Oforitsenere Onosode, also known as \u2018Mr Integrity\u2019 who passed on in 2015; and Samuel Ayitoritsede Otuedon Okore, for their support of the work of the Foundation. With respect to methodology, the author has chosen a practical structure of introducing each celebrant with a forward written by a renowned Nigerian, presenting the background and achievements of the role models and drawing lessons from these. And finally, presenting a brief overview of the home front as necessary. Still, it may be necessary to carefully choose and edit the publications and writings of the role models, and the comments and testimonials of others that best depict the person and work of the role models. His Excellency, Ambassador Oluyemi Adeniji CON, HLR Our first Role Model featured in Volume 8 is His Excellency Ambassador Oluyemi Adeniji.\u00a0 The Foreword introducing him is written by Professor Bola Akinterinwa, the former Director-General of the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs, where I have coincidentally worked for the past two decades plus.\u00a0 Professor Akinterinwa spoke of the qualities of this Role Model as a person, public servant and father. Indeed, his eulogies of this Role Model could be regarded as an \u2018Over-kill\u2019. Does it mean that our Role Model has no faults? While we extol the virtues of individuals, we should also be forthright in pointing out areas of weakness as required, as this also serves as lessons for others. Moreover, some of the explanatory sentences in the foreword tended to be long-winded. His Excellency, Olu Adeniji is introduced to us as an illustration of the international dimension of national development. The various positions held on behalf of Nigeria and the United Nations eloquently justify this assertion. Notable is the fact that he was the Special Representative of the UN Secretary General and Head of the UN Peace-making mission in Sierra \u2013Leone, where we have had the largest UN mission in history. Amongst the other positions he held, he was later to become Nigeria\u2019s Minister of Foreign affairs, and later of the Interior. An accomplished diplomat, administrator and negotiator per excellence, Ambassador Adeniji was born in Ijebu-Ode on July 22, 1934. He variously attended primary education at Ijebu-Ode, Ibadan and Jos, and had his secondary education at the Ijebu-Ode Grammar School (1947-1952) where he obtained the Cambridge School Certificate in Grade one. It was noted that he was particularly good in mathematics. However, we note that Oluyemi Adeniji\u2019s mother passed on when he was barely two years old, and he was thus raised by a combination of relatives, including his father and paternal grandfather. As we all know this kind of experience can either make a child wiser and more tolerant or in the alternative, a psychiatric case! Mercifully, in this case it only served to prepare our role model for the future and for the profession he eventually chose. With a B.A [London] Honours degree from the University of Ibadan in 1960, which also happens to be my alma mater, Ambassador Adeniji joined the diplomatic service in 1960. He was to spend over 30 years in this profession that took him to virtually all continents of the world, serving in Washington D.C, Accra, Freetown, New York, Vienna, Geneva, Paris, and later appointed Director- General [Permanent Secretary] in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs until his formal retirement\u00a0 from civil service in February 1994. In July 2003, he was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs by former President Olusegun Obasanjo, where he initiated several innovations in diplomatic practice. However, although retired from public service, Ambassador Adeniji remains a highly versatile diplomat; adept at multilateralism and international security matters. On the sub heading, Discourse Circuit, the Volume x-rays Ambassador Adeniji\u2019s academic exertions and writings. From pages 34 to 98, the author comprehensively presents the scope and depth of Ambassador Adeniji\u2019s lectures, reports and position papers on international questions. What came out from this is that our Role Model is not just a diplomat, but also a highly seminal intellectual in the field of international politics. His deeply profound thoughts revolved around matters of mechanisms for conflict management in West Africa, economic dimension in Nigeria\u2019s Foreign policy, and the application of nuclear technology for socio-economic development of Nigeria. On the matter of development of the peaceful uses of nuclear energy for example, he noted that an important and unfortunate cause of the loss of focus on the development of the peculiar uses of nuclear energy for Nigeria was the unnecessary diversion created by the campaign for building a \u2018black bomb\u2019. Making a case for the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, Ambassador Adeniji drawing from his immense experience while serving at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) stated that nuclear energy offered an environmentally compatible means of energy generation away from fossil fuel, particularly in the context of the desire to address global climatic change.   Further, his writings touched on the changing roles of international and supra national organizations with a clarification on the difference between an international and supra-national organization, He noted that\u00a0 being incapable of performing its primary function of maintaining international peace and security through collective security, the UN had to improvise, and created a secondary role of peacekeeping operations, seen as one of the greatest achievements of the UN beginning with the first operation in Palestine in1948. For him, the requirements for peace-making and peace-keeping cannot be over-emphasized and are an insignificant fraction of resources needed for military expenditures. On p.98, which contained testimonials from home and abroad on our role model Ambassador Oluyemi Adeniji, we get a glimpse of who His Excellency really is. He is widely seen as a multilateralist that embraces neither isolationism nor interventionism. He rather preferred grooming respect for Nigeria in Africa. Quite interesting is the view of Dr. Kayode Fayemi, at present Honourable Minister of Solid Minerals Development that the stature of Ambassador Adeniji and his deep knowledge of the foreign policy establishment seemed to have curbed the interventionist proclivities of the then President Olusegun Obasanjo in the foreign policy arena. Gentlemen, please note this comment by Dr. Kayode, and I quote \u2018\u2026 he retains an intellectual curiosity that is uncommon in many seventy years olds, always seeking the views of younger colleagues on issues\u2019. It is believed that Ambassador Adeniji restored a measure of professionalism over politics in the Foreign Ministry. I seize this opportunity to touch on the Love-Hate relationship existing between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA), which statutorily is an agency under the Ministry. My experience is that while the NIIA will like to be much closer to the Ministry, one gets the feeling that the Ministry gate-keepers prefer to keep the NIIA away from its activities. How then can one explain the bureaucratic take-over of the multi-million naira customised NIIA Headquarter building constructed by Julius Berger as NIIA\u2019s permanent site, but brazenly usurped by the Federal Capital Development Authority for its own use as mere offices, without effort by the Ministry to retrieve it or restitution from the Federal Government. I see this as a case of misapplication of Government resources and bureaucratic injustice that should be rectified. And I call on the Federal Government to do so.\u00a0 How do we explain the non-inclusion of Research Staff of the NIIA in the numerous diplomatic meetings and negotiations of the Ministry? How then can the Institute be properly empowered to contribute to policy? The questions go on and on. My personal view on this matter formed from over 20 years of work at the NIIA is that this revered Institution should be in Abuja and not Lagos, while the present structure remains in Lagos as a Liaison Office together with the very rich Library to serve the academic and conference needs of Lagos and its environs. Our Role Model, no doubt understands and appreciates the point I am trying to make. Seen as an excellent diplomat by Ambassador Tayo Ogunsulire, one of whom we refer to as the \u201812 Apostles\u2019 in the Foreign Ministry, it is noted that the excellent work he did\u00a0 earned him the National Productivity merit Award in 1993, and the National Honour of Commander of the Order of the Niger (CON). Professor Ayo Ajomo, OFR in celebrating Ambassador Oluyemi Adeniji at 70, had this to say- \u2018Ambassador Adeniji is noted for diligence, hardwork, uprightness and loyalty. He is a highly disciplined and dedicated man with unalloyed loyalty and unstinted integrity\u2019. What more can we say about our role model. He is also said to be an epitome of humility and exemplary simplicity in his day to day interaction with people. Professor Tunde Adeniran, who coincidentally happened to have been my supervisor as an undergraduate student at the University of Ibadan sees in Ambassador Adeniji a man of wisdom, authority and of the ideal in foreign policy implementation. Indeed, he further categorises him as an outstanding intellectual, albeit a caustically witty diplomat, result oriented, supremely courteous, cultivated and urbane in international affairs. To crown all these accolades, Dr. Ibn Chambas, then Executive Secretary of ECOWAS, in evaluating\u00a0 Ambassador Adeniji\u2019s\u00a0 work in the area of\u00a0 disarmament and peace-keeping, dubbed him an \u2018Ambassador of Peace\u2019 without whose efforts many souls would have been lost around the world. It is important to note at this juncture, and as aptly put by Ambassador Jaiyeola Lewu, Ambassador Adeniyi is widely commended for authoring the highly acclaimed speech titled \u2018Africa has come to Age\u2019 of the then Head of State, General Murtala Muhammed at the OAU Summit in Ethiopia. The speech helped to rally international support for Augustino Neto\u2019s MPLA against Savimbi\u2019s UNITA, which was supported at that time by Apartheid South Africa and the United States. The international support garnered by Nigeria for the MPLA eventually led to its victory and independence of Angola, and brought the civil war in Angola to an end. What more should we know about Ambassador Adeniji, only to ask whether we have had enough of his knowledge in multilateralism - I say no and hope that he will continue to train and grow new generations of diplomats through his writings and public appearances. At the home front, Ambassador Oluyemi Adeniyi met, and married Margaret Olubunmi Adeniji [Nee Noah] in 1962, and they are blessed with a girl and two boys. Suffice to say that, was it not for her support, perhaps our revered role model will not be the man he is today. His Eminence Anthony Cardinal Olubunmi Okogie HLR Here, we have a personality that is difficult to strait-jacket. Perhaps, what is easier to say about his Eminence, Anthony Cardinal Olubunmi Okogie is not that he is a priest. But what a priest! A priest for almost five decades, Bishop for over 44 years.\u00a0 And Cardinal for more than 12 years. Indeed, he was appointed a Titular bishop at the age of 35. And hear this, received the Vanguard\u2019s Newspaper Life-Time Achievement Award, 2016 for his role as a crusader for the common good. Without even reading what others have said of him, I see a fearless crusader of the general good, a visionary, disciplinarian and a pioneer in many fields of human endeavour. He dares to thread where others fear! This is our second role model, honoured by the Hallmarks of Labour Foundation. Born in Lagos on 16 June 1936, Anthony Oluwabunmi Ewoime Okogie is a product of mixed marriage of Prince Michael Ohigbom Okogie (of Ishan stock, Uromi- Edo state) and Princess Lucy Adunola Okogie (Nee Afolabi, a Yoruba from the ancient town of Oyo). He comes from a family deeply rooted in Christian tenets. Checking his background, and this is always important, we are told that his father was a strict disciplinarian and a stickler for orderliness \u2013 both at home and at work. Young Anthony had to perform chores meant for boys and girls simultaneously- fetching water and firewood, washing the dishes, and sweeping the floor. In dusting his father\u2019s radio, woe betide him if he mistakenly shifts the dial from the older man\u2019s favourite BBC station. However, like all good parents, they spared no costs to give their children good education, which in his case, they could afford. His eminence had his primary education at both Lagos Island, and Warri, and very notably became a student of St. Gregory College, Obalende, Lagos in 1951. Infact, his registration number is 1664. 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ISBN: 978-36232-0-9. Reviewer Professor Osita Agbu Introduction I consider it an honour to be invited by the Hallmarks of Labour Foundation to review Hallmarks of Labour, Volume 8 authored by Patricia Otuedon-Arawore. Accepting this challenge enabled me to meet the giants that are our role models in this Volume in a most comprehensive way that I may not have been opportuned to. For this, please accept my gratitude. The content page of Hallmarks of Labour, Volume 8 had in it, the usual reflections on the previous volume, and includes also a foreword, preface, various acknowledgements and dedication. Reflecting on Hallmarks of Labour Volume 7, Dr. Gaius Jackson E. Obaseki, in his Opening Remarks outlined prominent Nigerians that had been honoured in the past: Hon. Justice Chukwudifu Oputa, Professor Adeoye Lambo, Mr. Allison Ayida, Izoma Philip Asiodu, Professor Umaru Shehu, Professor Mrs.Grace Alele-Williams, Chief Chukwuemeka Anyaoku, Alhaji Ahmed Joda, Alhaji Babatunde Jose and Chief Mrs. Yetunde Emmanuel. Added to the list of these revered role models include: Justice Kayode Eso, Professor Ben Nwabueze and Professor Olujimi Akinkugbe. You must agree with me that these names are indeed, worthy of emulation, not just by the Hallmarks of Labour Foundation, but by all Nigerians and beyond. From Dr. Obaseki, we are made to understand that the common themes among the role models in Volume 7 included the virtues of individual scholarship, a single-minded drive for excellence, dedication to service, willingness to serve, and above all, integrity. It will be interesting to see what we will discover in Volume 8 as the underlying denominators of the selected role models. Further, the reflections captured excerpts from the Reviewer, as well as comments and appreciations from important personalities. Volume 8, which I am here to review is divided into three major parts, each part featuring a guest role model as follows: PART1- His Excellency, Ambassador Oluyemi Adeniyi CON, HLR PART 2- His Eminence Anthony Cardinal Olubunmi Okogie, HLR PART 3- Professor Itsejuwa Sagay, SAN, HLR The foreword to this edition is written by no other than the seminal Chief Philip C. Asiodu CFR, HLR, whom I first met in my lectures as a student of Political Science at the University of Ibadan. In short, he set the right tone for this Book by a re-visit of the mission of Hallmarks of Labour \u2013 that is using the histories and profiles of selected role models who have achieved success through hardwork, honesty and integrity to re-orient Nigerians from a culture of crass materialism and primitive wealth acquisition to that of honesty, integrity and commitment to service of our community and the nation in general. She should be much commended for keeping faith with this mission. In Hallmarks of Labour volume 8, we see as observed by the author an interesting blend of law, religion and International Relations, each a fascinating aspect of society. The Volume is centred on three men of distinction who by dint of hardwork and moral uprightness attained great heights, and became established role mobdels for the younger generation. The author dedicates Hallmark of Labour Volume 8 to two individuals: Mr Gamaliel Oforitsenere Onosode, also known as \u2018Mr Integrity\u2019 who passed on in 2015; and Samuel Ayitoritsede Otuedon Okore, for their support of the work of the Foundation. With respect to methodology, the author has chosen a practical structure of introducing each celebrant with a forward written by a renowned Nigerian, presenting the background and achievements of the role models and drawing lessons from these. And finally, presenting a brief overview of the home front as necessary. Still, it may be necessary to carefully choose and edit the publications and writings of the role models, and the comments and testimonials of others that best depict the person and work of the role models. His Excellency, Ambassador Oluyemi Adeniji CON, HLR Our first Role Model featured in Volume 8 is His Excellency Ambassador Oluyemi Adeniji.\u00a0 The Foreword introducing him is written by Professor Bola Akinterinwa, the former Director-General of the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs, where I have coincidentally worked for the past two decades plus.\u00a0 Professor Akinterinwa spoke of the qualities of this Role Model as a person, public servant and father. Indeed, his eulogies of this Role Model could be regarded as an \u2018Over-kill\u2019. Does it mean that our Role Model has no faults? While we extol the virtues of individuals, we should also be forthright in pointing out areas of weakness as required, as this also serves as lessons for others. Moreover, some of the explanatory sentences in the foreword tended to be long-winded. His Excellency, Olu Adeniji is introduced to us as an illustration of the international dimension of national development. The various positions held on behalf of Nigeria and the United Nations eloquently justify this assertion. Notable is the fact that he was the Special Representative of the UN Secretary General and Head of the UN Peace-making mission in Sierra \u2013Leone, where we have had the largest UN mission in history. Amongst the other positions he held, he was later to become Nigeria\u2019s Minister of Foreign affairs, and later of the Interior. An accomplished diplomat, administrator and negotiator per excellence, Ambassador Adeniji was born in Ijebu-Ode on July 22, 1934. He variously attended primary education at Ijebu-Ode, Ibadan and Jos, and had his secondary education at the Ijebu-Ode Grammar School (1947-1952) where he obtained the Cambridge School Certificate in Grade one. It was noted that he was particularly good in mathematics. However, we note that Oluyemi Adeniji\u2019s mother passed on when he was barely two years old, and he was thus raised by a combination of relatives, including his father and paternal grandfather. As we all know this kind of experience can either make a child wiser and more tolerant or in the alternative, a psychiatric case! Mercifully, in this case it only served to prepare our role model for the future and for the profession he eventually chose. With a B.A [London] Honours degree from the University of Ibadan in 1960, which also happens to be my alma mater, Ambassador Adeniji joined the diplomatic service in 1960. He was to spend over 30 years in this profession that took him to virtually all continents of the world, serving in Washington D.C, Accra, Freetown, New York, Vienna, Geneva, Paris, and later appointed Director- General [Permanent Secretary] in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs until his formal retirement\u00a0 from civil service in February 1994. In July 2003, he was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs by former President Olusegun Obasanjo, where he initiated several innovations in diplomatic practice. However, although retired from public service, Ambassador Adeniji remains a highly versatile diplomat; adept at multilateralism and international security matters. On the sub heading, Discourse Circuit, the Volume x-rays Ambassador Adeniji\u2019s academic exertions and writings. From pages 34 to 98, the author comprehensively presents the scope and depth of Ambassador Adeniji\u2019s lectures, reports and position papers on international questions. What came out from this is that our Role Model is not just a diplomat, but also a highly seminal intellectual in the field of international politics. His deeply profound thoughts revolved around matters of mechanisms for conflict management in West Africa, economic dimension in Nigeria\u2019s Foreign policy, and the application of nuclear technology for socio-economic development of Nigeria. On the matter of development of the peaceful uses of nuclear energy for example, he noted that an important and unfortunate cause of the loss of focus on the development of the peculiar uses of nuclear energy for Nigeria was the unnecessary diversion created by the campaign for building a \u2018black bomb\u2019. Making a case for the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, Ambassador Adeniji drawing from his immense experience while serving at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) stated that nuclear energy offered an environmentally compatible means of energy generation away from fossil fuel, particularly in the context of the desire to address global climatic change.   Further, his writings touched on the changing roles of international and supra national organizations with a clarification on the difference between an international and supra-national organization, He noted that\u00a0 being incapable of performing its primary function of maintaining international peace and security through collective security, the UN had to improvise, and created a secondary role of peacekeeping operations, seen as one of the greatest achievements of the UN beginning with the first operation in Palestine in1948. For him, the requirements for peace-making and peace-keeping cannot be over-emphasized and are an insignificant fraction of resources needed for military expenditures. On p.98, which contained testimonials from home and abroad on our role model Ambassador Oluyemi Adeniji, we get a glimpse of who His Excellency really is. He is widely seen as a multilateralist that embraces neither isolationism nor interventionism. He rather preferred grooming respect for Nigeria in Africa. Quite interesting is the view of Dr. Kayode Fayemi, at present Honourable Minister of Solid Minerals Development that the stature of Ambassador Adeniji and his deep knowledge of the foreign policy establishment seemed to have curbed the interventionist proclivities of the then President Olusegun Obasanjo in the foreign policy arena. Gentlemen, please note this comment by Dr. Kayode, and I quote \u2018\u2026 he retains an intellectual curiosity that is uncommon in many seventy years olds, always seeking the views of younger colleagues on issues\u2019. It is believed that Ambassador Adeniji restored a measure of professionalism over politics in the Foreign Ministry. I seize this opportunity to touch on the Love-Hate relationship existing between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA), which statutorily is an agency under the Ministry. My experience is that while the NIIA will like to be much closer to the Ministry, one gets the feeling that the Ministry gate-keepers prefer to keep the NIIA away from its activities. How then can one explain the bureaucratic take-over of the multi-million naira customised NIIA Headquarter building constructed by Julius Berger as NIIA\u2019s permanent site, but brazenly usurped by the Federal Capital Development Authority for its own use as mere offices, without effort by the Ministry to retrieve it or restitution from the Federal Government. I see this as a case of misapplication of Government resources and bureaucratic injustice that should be rectified. And I call on the Federal Government to do so.\u00a0 How do we explain the non-inclusion of Research Staff of the NIIA in the numerous diplomatic meetings and negotiations of the Ministry? How then can the Institute be properly empowered to contribute to policy? The questions go on and on. My personal view on this matter formed from over 20 years of work at the NIIA is that this revered Institution should be in Abuja and not Lagos, while the present structure remains in Lagos as a Liaison Office together with the very rich Library to serve the academic and conference needs of Lagos and its environs. Our Role Model, no doubt understands and appreciates the point I am trying to make. Seen as an excellent diplomat by Ambassador Tayo Ogunsulire, one of whom we refer to as the \u201812 Apostles\u2019 in the Foreign Ministry, it is noted that the excellent work he did\u00a0 earned him the National Productivity merit Award in 1993, and the National Honour of Commander of the Order of the Niger (CON). Professor Ayo Ajomo, OFR in celebrating Ambassador Oluyemi Adeniji at 70, had this to say- \u2018Ambassador Adeniji is noted for diligence, hardwork, uprightness and loyalty. He is a highly disciplined and dedicated man with unalloyed loyalty and unstinted integrity\u2019. What more can we say about our role model. He is also said to be an epitome of humility and exemplary simplicity in his day to day interaction with people. Professor Tunde Adeniran, who coincidentally happened to have been my supervisor as an undergraduate student at the University of Ibadan sees in Ambassador Adeniji a man of wisdom, authority and of the ideal in foreign policy implementation. Indeed, he further categorises him as an outstanding intellectual, albeit a caustically witty diplomat, result oriented, supremely courteous, cultivated and urbane in international affairs. To crown all these accolades, Dr. Ibn Chambas, then Executive Secretary of ECOWAS, in evaluating\u00a0 Ambassador Adeniji\u2019s\u00a0 work in the area of\u00a0 disarmament and peace-keeping, dubbed him an \u2018Ambassador of Peace\u2019 without whose efforts many souls would have been lost around the world. It is important to note at this juncture, and as aptly put by Ambassador Jaiyeola Lewu, Ambassador Adeniyi is widely commended for authoring the highly acclaimed speech titled \u2018Africa has come to Age\u2019 of the then Head of State, General Murtala Muhammed at the OAU Summit in Ethiopia. The speech helped to rally international support for Augustino Neto\u2019s MPLA against Savimbi\u2019s UNITA, which was supported at that time by Apartheid South Africa and the United States. The international support garnered by Nigeria for the MPLA eventually led to its victory and independence of Angola, and brought the civil war in Angola to an end. What more should we know about Ambassador Adeniji, only to ask whether we have had enough of his knowledge in multilateralism - I say no and hope that he will continue to train and grow new generations of diplomats through his writings and public appearances. At the home front, Ambassador Oluyemi Adeniyi met, and married Margaret Olubunmi Adeniji [Nee Noah] in 1962, and they are blessed with a girl and two boys. Suffice to say that, was it not for her support, perhaps our revered role model will not be the man he is today. His Eminence Anthony Cardinal Olubunmi Okogie HLR Here, we have a personality that is difficult to strait-jacket. Perhaps, what is easier to say about his Eminence, Anthony Cardinal Olubunmi Okogie is not that he is a priest. But what a priest! A priest for almost five decades, Bishop for over 44 years.\u00a0 And Cardinal for more than 12 years. Indeed, he was appointed a Titular bishop at the age of 35. And hear this, received the Vanguard\u2019s Newspaper Life-Time Achievement Award, 2016 for his role as a crusader for the common good. Without even reading what others have said of him, I see a fearless crusader of the general good, a visionary, disciplinarian and a pioneer in many fields of human endeavour. He dares to thread where others fear! This is our second role model, honoured by the Hallmarks of Labour Foundation. Born in Lagos on 16 June 1936, Anthony Oluwabunmi Ewoime Okogie is a product of mixed marriage of Prince Michael Ohigbom Okogie (of Ishan stock, Uromi- Edo state) and Princess Lucy Adunola Okogie (Nee Afolabi, a Yoruba from the ancient town of Oyo). He comes from a family deeply rooted in Christian tenets. Checking his background, and this is always important, we are told that his father was a strict disciplinarian and a stickler for orderliness \u2013 both at home and at work. Young Anthony had to perform chores meant for boys and girls simultaneously- fetching water and firewood, washing the dishes, and sweeping the floor. In dusting his father\u2019s radio, woe betide him if he mistakenly shifts the dial from the older man\u2019s favourite BBC station. However, like all good parents, they spared no costs to give their children good education, which in his case, they could afford. His eminence had his primary education at both Lagos Island, and Warri, and very notably became a student of St. Gregory College, Obalende, Lagos in 1951. Infact, his registration number is 1664. 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