The Nigerian Government will tomorrow kick-start activities to mark Nigeria's 54th Independent anniversary. This was disclosed by the Minister of Information, Labaran Maku, while briefing journalists after the weekly Federal Executive Council, FEC, meeting presided over by Vice President Namadi Sambo.
He said the programme will begin with a Muslim National prayer at the National Mosque, Abuja, tomorrow, Friday 26th of September. The Muslim prayer will be followed by inter-denominational Christian prayer at the National Christian Centre on Sunday.
While on Monday, President Goodluck Jonathan will give out national honours at the International Conference Centre as part of the programme marking the anniversary. There will also be a national broadcast by the President on Wednesday, October 1, by 7.00 a.m.
Change of guards ceremony will also take place at the Presidential Villa same day by 9.00 a.m and the Independence Anniversary Dinner will also be held at the State House Banquet Hall by 7.00 p.m.
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.... The Forbidden Fruits After that day, the boys never went to the orange tree again and the story that it was a forbidden fruit was retold and everyone believed it, even the four boys. Though they knew it was not the forbidden fruits of the Bible but Mr. Jacob's forbidden fruits. Garba was angry when he learnt that it was Bawa who had told on him. They all began to avoid Bawa. But all these had been over thirty-five years ago. They grown and become men. Garba had turned out to be the star of them all, having excelled in school and had gone to Lagos and then to England. He returned to Dongongari and settled down. Now all the boys who went to the St. Aquinas now have children. But they all still sit together on weekends and talk of the past. Mr. Jacob and the forbidden fruits was always an exciting topic and they would laugh. "Only God know where the white master is today," Sule would say with nostalgia. "Perhaps long dead and buried," Tanko would say. "But he was a terror," Bawa reminded. He had succeeded. his father as the tobacco merchant in ,Jogongan even though he was once a banker. Garba would laugh. "Come to think of it, he was a good man. The lesson of the forbidden fruits was that of obedience. We ought to have obeyed him as our elder and teacher," he said: They all agreed with him. The End .... TO BE CONTINUED TOMORROW...JOIN US TOMORROW FOR MORE ON THIS FUNNY AND EXCITING STORY }}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}
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