A LEGEND IN HIS OWN TIME: In all his forty years in Nigerian politics, the essential Awo remained the same - a man magnificently gifted, charismatic, competent, Nigeria's best finance minister to date.... a leader possessed of great foresight... a sage, a statesman, a genius Chief Obafemi Oveniyi Awolowo etched his egalitarian standard on the political landscape of Nigeria as premier of the Western Region and carved his niche in progressive politics on a plateau which future practitioners of the game will have to ascend to draw inspiration one hundred years from now. Chief Obafemi Oveniyi Awolowo etched his egalitarian standard on the political landscape of Nigeria as premier of the Western Region and carved his niche in progressive politics on a plateau which future practitioners of the game will have to ascend to draw inspiration one hundred years from now.