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The Global Gael - Father Slattery's Nigerian Schools Legacy With Deji Badiru
Category: News & Politics
Duration: 00:53:38
Publish Date: 2023-11-02 14:46:49
Description:

Few people can have had an impact as profound as that of Father Denis Slattery, an Irish priest from Fermoy whose St. Finbarr's Schoool in Nigeria went on to set the standard for they country's education system. Former pupil Adedeji Badiru joined me to reminisce about the man who gave him - a young boy with no shoes and his options fading fast - the chance at an education that has sustained him through a successful career in business and academia.

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