Wednesday 11th of July is one of the days I have been willing to see, thank God it has come to fulfillment one record has been broken and guess what the record it is.
Although I do see white men across passing but been an African, you know we are black and I have been willing to meet, talk and have gist with white men but thank God that came to pass on Wednesday.
I woke up around 6:30am because I must go to the library for the preparation of my next exams which held Thursday and Friday, I wash some of my clothes, tidy up the room and cook the food I am going to eat for the whole day because I would be coming back late around 5:00 pm. After cooking, I ate and I did some other important stuff and later went to the library. Immediately I reach the library gate, a Jeep also want to enter and inside the car were a white man and a Nigerian that drove him. Wow this is a white man, I said to myself.
How am I going to speak to this man today, this is what I am thinking as I get closer to the entrance of the library not knowing that this man is also coming to use the library. I saw him following me and I wondered where he is heading to not until I entered the library and he and the man that drove him entered as well.
Come and see how glad I am, I already known that we will surely talk together and there came a thought to my mind that we should take photography together and I should also ask him some questions to show my fellow steemain. Yeah, I asked and even these questions are in two form. I mean both written form and oral questions.
Below are the written questionnaire given to Mr. John Manton to write
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Name | John Manton |
| Country | Ireland |
| What is your mission here in Nigeria? | To examine History of Nigerian health system |
| What is your course of study? | History |
| What have you seen in Nigeria that makes you become excited? | This place (Sopolu Library), Oji River, Leprosy settlement in Enugu state. |
| What are the negative things you noticed about Nigeria since you arrive? | None |
Here is the image of the written questionnaire with Mr. Manton
In case you are hearing about Sopolu library for the first time, this is a library built inside chief Obafemi Awolowo house, it entails all stuff about politics, economics and a little about health. Chief Obafemi Awolowo was the first prime minister of western region in Nigeria***.
Oji river is a local government in Nigeria located in Enugu state and there is a river which is named after the local government i.e. Oji River. It is a big river which is part of the power source in Nigeria
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Which other places have you been to in Nigeria? | To almost all Eastern part of the country, Zaria (in North), Ibadan (In south west). |
| When next will you be visiting us here in our library? | I can’t say the exact time, the only thing that can still bring me here is if I still need any information again. |
Mr. Manton, Mr. Joshua and Sis. Chima
He told me and my friend that went to him that he is a student of history and it is the time for his project and the topic given to his is to examine the history of Nigerian health system.
So, I think you see how the day was well spent.
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