“Epanimondas was a monarch who knew what to do only if he knows how to go about it.” Plutarch, 45-120 AD.
When reports reached me that the Emir of Kano, Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero II, was visiting Akwa Ibom State and would be paying a courtesy call on the Governor, Pastor Umo Eno, all the traditional rulers and Obong Victor Attah, former Governor, I knew history was in some ways repeating itself. By undertaking this trip at a time of the greatest political tension in Nigeria, Ado Bayero II was demonstrating wisdom and leadership among traditional rulers in a unique way.
Kano was ungovernable for over a week. Sabon Gari, mostly populated by southerners, was under attack and a full-scale ethnic war was about to erupt. A delegation of Southern leaders from various ethnic groups went to visit the Ado Bayero I, who was in the centre of the disturbance. We believed that he, and not the Governor, could restore peace to Kano. His intervention proved decisive in restoring law and order.
You have heard people say frequently that “health is wealth”. But, very few realise that just as most people work hard for whatever wealth they possess; they must also work hard for their health. Health is probably one thing most Nigerians take for granted, or leave for God to provide until old age.
Comprehensive Medical Check-up, in the next Chapter, gets the reader into the educative as well as controversial aspects of the advocacy. Unless Dixon has a watered-down version of the idea in mind, it is difficult not to regard AGE GRACEFULLY as a book for the elite. The masses, whose discretionary income barely covers food, rent and transport, have nothing left for good medical services – certainly not annual check-up; at any price.