By: Maruf Nola Gbadebo

I pay homage to the elders telling the tale
of a giant of time
The one whose name immortalises our memory;
the one whose name rings a bell in the ears of time;
the one who walks through the annals of our national history, of our national memory
The giant tree that sees beyond the horizon,
Beyond the silver lining after every cloud.
A legend who has soared high and high through the oven of the sun to make a dream a reality with an unquenchable love for knowledge
The one who has lived through the thickness of time; the roaring of the wind; yet never gives up.
The Ndigbo spirit of greatness resides in him but never confines him to the hollowness of bigotry
The father of all— the West; the North and the East.

THE GREAT COUNTRY— ‘NIGERIA’.
OSISIOMA— THE GOOD TREE THAT BEARS THE GOOD FRUITS, YOU ARE. Homage always to you.

FOR PROFESSOR O.B.C. NWOLISE BOWING OUT OF THE TEACHING SYSTEM AFTER 38 YEARS OF INDUSTRIOUS AND MERITORIOUS SERVICE TO THE NIGERIAN NATION AND THE ENTIRE WORLD. ALSO COINCIDING WITH HIS BIRTHDAY. WISHING BABA MANY MORE YEARS ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH IN SOUND HEALTH AND PLENTY(AS HE ONCE PRAYED)