Former President Obasanjo, Abdulsalami Abubakar, Ezekwesili, Others Honour Gen Kale At Book Launch

<p><em>Former <strong>President<&sol;strong> Obasanjo&comma; Abdulsalami Abubakar honour Kale&comma; <strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports<&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;It was a high octane event the other day at the prestigious Agip Recital hall&comma; The Muson Centre&comma; Lagos as top military brass led by former President&comma; Chief Olusegun Mathew Aremu Okikiolu Obasanjo&comma; GCFR&comma; honoured Nigeria Army&&num;8217&semi;s first-ever female general&comma; Major General Aderonke Kale&comma; Ret’d&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9708" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;09&sol;Kale-1-300x225&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Former President " width&equals;"300" height&equals;"225" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The night was the occasion for the launch of an anthology of tributes written by revered Professor of Oral History&comma; Professor Bolanle Awe to celebrate the impressive track records of General Aderonke Kale&comma; ret’d&comma; the woman who&&num;8217&semi;s holding the record as the first-ever female general and Corps Commander of the Nigerian Army&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9709" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;09&sol;Kale-2-300x225&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Former President " width&equals;"300" height&equals;"225" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Other military top shots who attended the high flying event were General Abdulsalami Abubakar &lpar;retd&period;&rpar; GCFR&comma; the Chief Launcher who was ably represented by the former Oyo State Military Administrator&comma; Colonel <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;kuj&period;or&period;ke&sol;">Adetunji Olurin<&sol;a> among others&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Also&comma; as one of the guests of honour at the General Kale’s Book Launch was a popular economic policy expert&comma; activist and erstwhile Education Minister&comma; Dr&period; Oby Ezekwesili who reviewed the book&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9710" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;09&sol;Kale-3-300x225&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Former President " width&equals;"300" height&equals;"225" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In his words&comma; the Chairman of the occasion&comma; Chief Olusegun Obasanjo&comma; extolled the virtues of the first female general of the Nigerian Army for her undaunted effort to get to the top&comma; &&num;8220&semi;today&comma; we&&num;8217&semi;re celebrating somebody that&&num;8217&semi;s worthy of being celebrated&period; I must say that&comma; our society&comma; especially the institution called the Nigerian Army is a male-dominated and chauvinistic environment&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;For General Kale&comma; she didn&&num;8217&semi;t get laid back being a female&period; She stood the test of time&comma; compete&comma; fought and remained resolute until she got to the top&period;  I think that&comma; in itself&comma; is a great commendation&&num;8221&semi;&comma; Chief Obasanjo said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The book&comma; Major General Aderonke Kale &lpar;retd&period;&rpar; CFR mni-The First Nigerian Female General written by the Professor of Oral History&comma; Prof&period; Bolanle Awe is on shelves at major bookshops across the country&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Further information on the book&comma; including outright purchase&comma; is available via 08099000753<&sol;p>&NewLine;