Senator Olorunnimbe Mamora, incumbent Minister of Science and Technology, recently marked his 70th birthday anniversary and spoke with journalists about his professional and political career as well as the state of the nation. SEYE OLUMIDE (Southwest Bureau Chief) reports.
What informed your transition from medicine to politics?
First, my father, who was a teacher and very renowned one with all sense of modesty, his students were always excited whenever they saw, and the first statement they always make any time they see me is that is this the sin of Merry Chief, which is my dad’s nickname. And once I said yes they would start telling me stories about him (my father).
