Tag: Patrick Dele Cole
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Niger Delta Development Commission: A Vision Degraded, By Patrick Dele Cole
By Patrick Dele Cole Tennessee Valley Authority: Welsh Development Authority, Cardiff: Dutch Land Reclamation Authority Rotterdam: The Poster fathers of the NDDC 1) The NDDC was a PDP platform issue but the concept of developing the oil producing areas because of its geographical quirkiness , peculiarities etc had been recognised by earlier military governments notably…
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Awolowo and Niger Delta Naked Children – Patrick Dele Cole
Above is a photograph of Chief Obafemi Awolowo with naked children. People have all kinds of reactions to Nigerians being naked in 1952 – get over it, in most parts of Nigeria, at that time, being naked was common. I started primary school in Enugu in 1946. We lived at the General Hospital Quarters, at…
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Patrick Dele Cole Is 80, By Abdu Rafiu
By Abdu Rafiu The one and only one whom we call PD Cole — scholar, public servant, newspaper administrator, diplomat, discussant, author, politician and businessman is 80. Dr. Patrick Dele Cole turned 80 years on Tuesday, 04 August, 2020. He came visibly into public consciousness and reckoning in 1975 when he was appointed a non-executive…