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Prof. Bolaji Akinwande Akinyemi, the Pathfinder and Mentor, is 83 Years Old!

By Prof Hassan Saliu

Prof. Bolaji Akinyemi, a renowned political scientist, administrator, public intellectual, and international relations’ expert, added another year to his age on January 4^th, Writing a tribute to the celebrant imposes a considerable challenge due to his wide-ranging engagements that covers virtually all regimes in Nigeria. He was a student under the Balewa government but researched on its foreign policy. He was associated with the Gowon regime mostly at an unofficial level but got appointed as the DG of the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA) by the Murtala Mohammed military government. He was still the DG of the Institute under General Olusegun Obasanjo administration.

Akinyemi as the archetype intellectual of statecraft in Nigeria

Prof. Akinyemi served the Shagari regime as DG and retreated to the classrooms at UNILAG for a while afterwards but came back as a minister under the Babangida regime. He was involved with both Yar’Adua and Jonathan governments at both official and semi-official levels. In retirement, one cannot rule out the possibility of another form of engagement for him. That was why on another occasion, I have considered him as a man of all

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Bolaji Akinyemi @ A tribute

In the long arc of any country’s history, many men and women hold offices and titles in public life. In Nigeria, that is the claim to fame of many such personalities. But if their value addition, individually and collectively, had been significant, our country would have been in better shape than it is today. For few have transcended “being” to “doing”, leaving behind indisputable, inspirational legacies. Few have the capacity for ideas – a deep, reflective intellectual mind as a basis for policy actions, decisions, and recommendations that create the kind of impact that outlives them. Even fewer still can reinvent themselves after office and remain relevant long after they become has-beens.

Akinwande Bolaji Akinyemi CFR, professor of political science, director-general of the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs from to , minister of foreign affairs of Nigeria from to , member of the Justice Mohammed Uwais electoral reform committee in , and deputy chairman of the national conference, is one of such men. He was born in Ilesha in today’s Osun state on January 4, , the son of a famous school principal and politician father, James Akinyemi. My task here, as a younger friend for whom he was a role model in my teenage years, and as a citize