Introductory Remarks
Let me thank members of your association, the Student Historical Society of this university, especially the organizing committee for finding me worthy to deliver this very important lecture, being part of your association’s annual ceremonies. I felicitate you on this auspicious occasion.
Your invitation is worthy of note for one reason; history is a very important discipline in the life of any society that desires progress and development, thus in need of stocktaking of the past as basis for understanding the present for charting a course ahead. History is not short of credible voices that can effectively and judiciously speak to the issue at stake.
