Celebrating the Digest EIC
By Muhyideen Ayuba
It’s a bright morning, cocks crow, trees sway left and right and the atmosphere from the wagging wind of cold envelopes minds, squeezes bodies and camp many under the garments of protection. Making it cool, the sun rises, harmatan disappears when a sound of prospective flute blows in its mysterious charming rite. Mouth speaks through calendar and the birthday of an icon is announced, today is the day to celebrate our amiable Pen, the EIC of Digest, perfect example of a literatus, Adegbité of MELL, Iragbiji of the whole Fodio Varsity.
It’s exactly two years we met in the most peaceful university in Nigeria, being in the same department, I know we will always be a neighbor brothers even though, today’s relationship was never a dream then. I study English while the EIC studies Literature-in-English. Later I learnt that he applied for English as mine when the University Management thought the best course for his career is Literature of the language he wished to study.
Not long after then, I realized the potentiality of my honorable EIC. To state just an instance, he had memorized a more than 30 minutes audio clip of phonetics lecture. Seeing a person like that amazed me since I was there listening and listening in a countless time, then, I had nothing to say about it. What next! Before failure knocked my door, I moved to their crew, listened to their conversations and learnt many things. The result? It’s a wonderful one!
To make my mouth in a spoonful size, Turawa can tell the story well, they are the five and six that I always like to seven. By heaven, Iragbiji -as I always call him- is not only an indefatigable literature student but also a brilliant leader of a good conduct per excellence.
Yes. Right writing to cite the sight of any misleading rite is his daily job. He is a fact checker, a humanitarian journalist and an exemplary editor I’ve ever encountered. With these, some rights have been collected for the owners, abusive actions have been changed, the less privileged have been heard and the society is changed through his mighty pen.
My boss and our boss! We, the News Digest, celebrate you. You are more than what money can buy or mouth can describe. You are our Editor in Chief that beats down many others: your words have been speaking for you when your works are the physical representation of your majesty. You are the best of them all.
Wishes. Good health will never leave you as your sense of leadership will never no harm. You make us smile, you shall never lack nor slack. Fear not what the future has for you, for, your tomorrow is so bright.
Happy birthday, long life and prosperity Comrade Adegbité Taoheed Agbólagade.