The Imperative of Securing Nigeria's Security

Abstract

The Beginning. I was born into the family of Late Deacon Joseph Onuh Odoh and Late Mrs. Salome Etumabo Odoh as the number eight of ten siblings. Eight of us were males and two females, but as fate will have it, I ended up being the only surviving male child of the family having lost all my male siblings who were my seniors except one. I am in between my two surviving sisters in age. One an elder and the other my younger sister. Consequently, my parents became devastated, frustrated, dejected, and poor. The best this poor family of orientation could provide for me was secondary education which I completed in June, 1982. Although, I had a good secondary school (WAEC) result, the best I got was an auxiliary teaching appointment at the Government Day Secondary School, Adumu in Ofu Local Government Area of the then Benue State. As soon as the state government got enough qualified teachers to teach at secondary schools, I lost my auxiliary teaching appointment in 1984 and returned to the farm!