Chief Obafemi Awolowo Project

    Chief Awolowo's Speech   to Western Leaders of Thought   In Ibadan    on   MAY 1 1967     The aim of a leader should be the welfare of the people whom he leads. I have used 'welfare' to... Read More | Share

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REVENUE ALLOCATION MUST BE ON BASIS OF EVEN PROGRESS AND NEED Speech delivered by Chief Obafemi Awolowo, as Federal Commissioner for Finance to the Conference of Finance Commissioners of the Federation in Kano on 23rd February, 1970 On... Read More | Share

      Economic Well-Being of the Individual   by   Chief Obafemi Awolowo   "The seeds of peace must be sown and nurtured in the minds of men"     Full text of the Lecture on 'The Economic Well-being of... Read More | Share

  FOR THE RECORD: Philosophy of Independent Nigeria (Awolowo, 1961)              PHILOSOPHY FOR INDEPENDENT NIGERIA A lecture delivered by Chief Obafemi Awolowo (Action... Read More | Share

      ON THE MOTION ON CREATION OF MORE STATES By Chief Obafemi Awolowo April 4, 1961 At the Federal Parliament (House of Representatives), Lagos I beg to move the following amendment: To delete the words of the Motion... Read More | Share

----  FOR THE RECORD:  Case for the Creation of States on Linguistic Bases (Awolowo, 1975) ----  Part of Chief Obafemi Awolowo’s press release of 18th August, 1975

Awolowo's Allocutus   In the High Court of Lagos   September 11, 1963 INTRODUCTION On November 2, 1962, Chief Obafemi Awolowo was charged with thirty others on three counts (including treason) in the High Court in ... Read More | Share

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ONLY A TRULY FEDERAL CONSTITUTION CAN UNITE NIGERIA Speech made by Chief Obafemi Awolowo at the first press conference he held at Ikenne on 4th August 1966, after his release from prison The political crisis which started in Western Nigeria in... Read More | Share