Wednesday, February 28, 2024 CORFEPS COLLOQUIUM: ANOTHER TALK-SHOP AND A DESPERATE QUEST FOR RELEVANCE By Umar M. Sanni “Cock Crow at Dawn” is a legendary weekly TV series aired on the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) in the early 1980s which ran for 104 episodes before going off the air. The series had many laudable objectives which among others sought to enlighten Nigerians on the benefits and profitability of Agriculture. Besides this, its striking metaphoric title was enough food for thought to drive home the point that every action and purpose is time-bound. The Legendary Ebenezer Obey in one of his hit songs anchored on the “Metaphor of Time, titled “Igba Owuro Lawa” the translation of which is “We are in the Morning” further supports this position. I was personally amazed and found it utterly ridiculous to have received the hype that a Council of Retired Federal Permanent Secretaries known as CORFEPS plans to “X-ray” Nigeria's public servic...