The Odds of Our Times

After slave trade ended the European objective created the geographical space they called Nigeria and the occupants were imposed upon that they should make a nation so they had made attempts motivated by the oppressive colonialist tendencies. The author had been born and he grew up in the struggle to make meaning of unity and national coexistence. The apparent confusion caused the experience of military in government and politics resulting in a crippling civil war. The book is an interplay of the manner in which the social political and religious upheavals affected and shaped the personal and career development of the author and his generation regarding the failures of government policies causes and possible solutions based on constructive policy formulation and implementation.