04-05 2021 03:48
wrote:
Dear Prof TB Ekanem,
I've always known you as a teacher of my teachers.
I've always admired your courage and determination.
Our meet at South African High Commission, Abuja cemented my high regards in highest esteem.
I saw a fighter to reckon with.
You raised your voice against the mischief of a Secretary who felt larger than life.
You wouldn't take any nonsense. Lo and behold, the Visas surfaced. Even though yours had come, you didn't leave me to my fate at the feeling of the slightest suspicion that I seemed to have been targeted.
Your further disturbance moved mine further.
You left for Lagos after series of rescheduling your flight. And you missed the Johannesburg bound SA flight.
You kept contact until I joined you at MMA.
You were a mother which you remained to us. You treated us like a sweet mother that you remained. While we were rescheduling our flights, you disclosed your intention to stop over and see Prof Amadi Ihunwo at Wits University. And that changed my itinerary too.
That singular offer brought me one on one with Prof Amadi Ihunwo who has remained a great influence to me.
That singular offer of opportunity brought me from solitude to fellowship in Neuroscience career. You drew me closer and I started attending NSN meetings.
You liked me including my weaknesses.
You were a mother.
When the need to review the Anatomy Act in line with current global realities came, you participated in that marathon meeting at Abuja and not yielding to the stress encountered, you remained in the meeting that lasted from dusk to dawn in the determination to clear the grey areas in the proposal. You and Dr Udoaka (RIP) persevered until a complete document was obtained.
You were a mother
When the responsibility to chair the LOC of the Annual meeting of the Society of Experimental and Clinical Anatomists of Nigeria (SECAN), a task I had about 5weeks to accomplish, you accepted to be the Guest Lecturer at a very short notice, shelving other assignments including NUC accreditation visit.
At the conference, you left an indelible mark on the minds of our growing Anatomists.
You were elated to anchor our special mentorship package - the first of it's kind, Women in Anatomy
You were a mother.
It pains to remind you posthumously these and many other landmarks you have left in the careers of great Anatomists of our clime and time, young and old because I had made up my mind to remind you this and more at your installation as a Fellow of SECAN at ABU, Zaria which covid-19 lockdown truncated.
Your departure came as a rude shock to all.
It was the not in the mind of any of us. It came when we needed you most.
However, we strongly believe that God who let it be will not abandon us.
And by His grace, our collective dreams will be achieved.
Adieu, great pace setter
Adieu, great path finder
Adieu, great bridge builder.
We cannot miss you enough
Rest in Paradise until we meet again to part no more.
04-05 2021 03:48
wrote:
Dear Prof TB Ekanem,
I've always known you as a teacher of my teachers.
I've always admired your courage and determination.
Our meet at South African High Commission, Abuja cemented my high regards in highest esteem.
I saw a fighter to reckon with.
You raised your voice against the mischief of a Secretary who felt larger than life.
You wouldn't take any nonsense. Lo and behold, the Visas surfaced. Even though yours had come, you didn't leave me to my fate at the feeling of the slightest suspicion that I seemed to have been targeted.
Your further disturbance moved mine further.
You left for Lagos after series of rescheduling your flight. And you missed the Johannesburg bound SA flight.
You kept contact until I joined you at MMA.
You were a mother which you remained to us. You treated us like a sweet mother that you remained. While we were rescheduling our flights, you disclosed your intention to stop over and see Prof Amadi Ihunwo at Wits University. And that changed my itinerary too.
That singular offer brought me one on one with Prof Amadi Ihunwo who has remained a great influence to me.
That singular offer of opportunity brought me from solitude to fellowship in Neuroscience career. You drew me closer and I started attending NSN meetings.
You liked me including my weaknesses.
You were a mother.
When the need to review the Anatomy Act in line with current global realities came, you participated in that marathon meeting at Abuja and not yielding to the stress encountered, you remained in the meeting that lasted from dusk to dawn in the determination to clear the grey areas in the proposal. You and Dr Udoaka (RIP) persevered until a complete document was obtained.
You were a mother
When the responsibility to chair the LOC of the Annual meeting of the Society of Experimental and Clinical Anatomists of Nigeria (SECAN), a task I had about 5weeks to accomplish, you accepted to be the Guest Lecturer at a very short notice, shelving other assignments including NUC accreditation visit.
At the conference, you left an indelible mark on the minds of our growing Anatomists.
You were elated to anchor our special mentorship package - the first of it's kind, Women in Anatomy
You were a mother.
It pains to remind you posthumously these and many other landmarks you have left in the careers of great Anatomists of our clime and time, young and old because I had made up my mind to remind you this and more at your installation as a Fellow of SECAN at ABU, Zaria which covid-19 lockdown truncated.
Your departure came as a rude shock to all.
It was the not in the mind of any of us. It came when we needed you most.
However, we strongly believe that God who let it be will not abandon us.
And by His grace, our collective dreams will be achieved.
Adieu, great pace setter
Adieu, great path finder
Adieu, great bridge builder.
We cannot miss you enough
Rest in Paradise until we meet again to part no more.