Senator Shehu Sani, a prominent figure in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and a former congressman from Kaduna who represented the state’s Central delegation in the National Assembly, has clarified why Nigerian Jaja Wachukwu feigned sleepiness during a 1960 UN conference.CONTINUE FULL READING>>>>>
In the post that Senator Shehu Sani shared on his official X handle, he said Jaja Wachukwu acted as if he was sleeping during the meeting because he was denied the right to speak against a racist remark. He said his action was a form of protest to show that everything else was boring at the UN meeting.
Here is what Senator Shehu Sani wrote on his official X handle;
“Ambassador Jaja Wachukwu was not actually sleeping at the UN meeting in 1960. He was denied the right to speak against a racist remark in favour of the then apartheid South African system. His action was a form of protest to show that everything else was boring”.CONTINUE FULL READING>>>>>