That enemy called MEDIOCRITY!
By Guardian Exclusive
25 January 2020 |
5:52 pm
Today, in ‘Inside Stuff,’ multi-award-winning columnist and Head of The Guardian's Editorial Board, Martins Oloja, talks about a social danger that is creeping into every aspect of Nigeria’s public life and secretly competing with CORRUPTION. It is called MEDIOCRITY.
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