{"id":98494,"date":"2022-08-22T21:16:38","date_gmt":"2022-08-22T20:16:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=98494"},"modified":"2022-08-22T21:16:38","modified_gmt":"2022-08-22T20:16:38","slug":"no-heroes-anymore-in-nigeria-says-chimamanda-at-nba-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/no-heroes-anymore-in-nigeria-says-chimamanda-at-nba-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"No heroes anymore in Nigeria, says Chimamanda at NBA conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1741888507418981169\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Renowned novelist, Chimamanda Adichie sounded despondent on Monday on the state of the Nigerian nation.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nShe said the most populous black nation was in disarray.<\/p>\n<p>The author of \u201cPurple Hibiscus\u201d stated this on Monday while delivering the keynote speech at the ongoing Annual General Conference of the Nigerian Bar Association in Lagos.<\/p>\n<p>She said, \u201cNigeria is in disarray. Things are hard and getting harder by the day. We can\u2019t be safe when there is no rule of law. Nigerians are starved of heroes to look up to. Late Dora Akunyili and Gani Gawehinmi were heroes that Nigerians looked up to before now.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnfortunately that era has gone. I believe that NBA is in a position to give the nation heroes that we can look up to to lead the nation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Other personalities at the conference included former Vice-president and PDP presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar; former Anambra State governor and Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi; Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki; Governor of Plateau State, Simon Lalong; Chief Judge of Lagos State, Justice Alogba Kazeem; and past presidents of the NBA.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Renowned novelist, Chimamanda Adichie sounded despondent on Monday on the state of the Nigerian nation. 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