PAGES OF HISTORY

 REPORIENTATION


PAGES OF HISTORY 




" A people without knowledge of their past history is like a tree without roots"

- Marcus Garvey


This famous quote may appear banal at first sight. However, the truth and meaning conveyed in it still holds true.

As a country, it is an immutable fact that we have gone through various stages of development and evolution. Equally important as these changes is our ability to learn from them.

This is not merely a sociological coinage. Both biological and man-made systems and objects improve when they learn from past history(data).

A child masters a language gradually by watching how the adults in his/her immediate environment use the language.

Similarly, artificial intelligence improves well in its accuracy when it is well fed with data.


In similar manner, it is important to learn from our history as a people - in the choices we make.

We can be guided by knowledge from the pages of history so that we do not fall victim to the same woes that betide our progenitors.

We can draw similarities between certain aspirants in the past and modern aspirants vying for political and public offices.

We can glean from their antecedent and make predictions about the future.


There is a popular saying that "Experience is the best teacher". But this experience does not have to be necessarily ours.

We should strive to do better in learning about our history so that we will be guided and our feet will be steadied on the right path towards holistic development and change.


... and for a better Nigeria, we will be committed to learning from history.


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