Déjà Vu Nigeria

Déjà vu Nigeria is a fascinating stitch of excellent essays with seamless flow and exhilarating depth. From soft conversations to the deeply political and development issues, Obo Effanga has proved to be a consistent columnist and contributor to national conversation. These essays may not have individually made national headlines or attracted deep contentions. In this book form, they surely provide interesting intellectual and historical nourishment. Déjà vu Nigeria is a major contribution to our national discourse, it provides reflective, incisive, persuasive and in some cases hilarious perspectives to major and touchy national issues. It is a strong reminder that nothing has changed and nothing is new in Nigeria's social political and economic discourses.

-Hussaini Abdu,

Country Director, Plan International

Obo Effanga persuasively takes you through a brilliant and exciting journey detailing primarily what ails Nigeria and he leaves you with little doubt where his passion for his country belongs. There are few people who have demonstrated such exemplary grasp of national issues including prescribing solutions as you are bound to read in this rich collection. It invariably stands out not only as a historical document but also a literature work that would provide fresh insights and enrich research efforts of students of political economy and history.

-Joseph Ushigiale,

Managing Editor, Thisday Newspapers.

Obo Effanga is multi-talented as a lawyer, journalist and human Rights Activist. He holds a N a t i o n a l D i p l o m a i n M a s s Communications from The Polytechnic Calabar; LL.B (Hons), University of Calabar; called to the Nigerian Bar in March 1995 and obtained MA in Human Rights from the University of Sussex, UK.

Born 1969 in Calabar, he worked as a journalist with the Nigerian Chronicle newspaper, published in Calabar by the Cross River State Newspaper Corporation. He practised law briefly but left in 1999 to work mainly for civil society organisations, including ActionAid Nigeria where he worked for 11 years. While at NewAge Newspapers as General Counsel & Member Editorial Board, he won the Newspaper Columnist of the Year 2004 in the Nigeria Media Merit Awards. He has variously written opinions for many newspaper titles including The Comet; The Nation; NEXT; ThisDay; The Niche; Punch and Premium Times.

In 2017, he was appointed Resident Electoral Commissioner for the Independent National Electoral

Commission (INEC). He exhibited resilience and courage in the face of daunting challenges and violence to conduct successful and conclusive election in the 2019 General Election in Rivers State.

Effanga, a Ford Foundation Fellowship Alumnus, currently heads the alumni in Nigeria; he is into community mobilization and philanthropy. His hobbies include reading, writing, traveling and philately.

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