Iwatt GST211 Assignment

NAME: IWATT, ANIETIE UDO
MATRICULATION NUMBER: 22CK031209
REGRISTATION NUMBER : 2204459
DEPARTMENT: ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING
COURSE CODE: GST 211

COURSE LECTURER : DR. OVIE
CHRISTMAS ASSIGNMENT
 Who is Gani Fawehinmi ? what were his dislikes and dislikes?
What was his profession and achievements?
Gani Fawehinmi was a famous Nigerian lawyer and human rights

campaigner who used his legal skills and resources to challenge the
military regimes and the civilian governments. He died in 2009 at
the age of 71, after a long and controversial career of taking on the
powerful and the corrupt. He was known for his activism, his legal
skills, his publications and his awards.
Some of his likes and dislikes were:
 He liked reading books of revolutionary or radical figures, such as

Fidel Castro, Winston Churchill, David Ben-Gurion, Ghandhi, Mao
Tse Tsung and Karl Marx.
 He disliked injustice, oppression, corruption, dictatorship and mis-
governance. He fought for the rule of law, democracy, social justice
and human rights.
 He liked helping the poor and the oppressed. He took many cases
pro bono and established a foundation to provide scholarships and
legal aid.
 He disliked the cancellation of the 1993 presidential election and
the detention of the winner, Moshood Abiola. He led the protest
against the military regime of Sanni Abacha and suffered
imprisonment and harassment.
His profession was law. He was a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN)
and the Lamofin of Ondo, a chieftaincy title. He also wrote and
published books, magazines and newspapers on legal and political
issues.
Some of his achievements were:
He won several awards and honors, such as the International Bar

Association’s Bernard Simmons Award, the Nigerian Bar
Association’s Human Rights Award, the Bruno Kreisky Prize for
Human Rights, and the Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger
(GCON).
He established the Gani Fawehinmi Library and Gallery, the Gani
Fawehinmi Chambers, the Gani Fawehinmi Foundation, and the
National Conscience Party (NCP).
He exposed and challenged many cases of corruption, human rights
violations, and electoral fraud. He defended many victims of injustice
and oppression, such as journalists, students, workers, and activists.
 What is Plato’s position on: Government /politics, marriage,

drama, the human soul, ownership of property, wives,
children and their education, gender?
Plato’s position on government/politics, marriage, wives, children

and their education, and gender are complex and multifaceted. He
discusses these topics in various dialogues, especially in the Republic
and the Laws. Here is a brief summary of some of his main views:
 Government/politics: Plato advocates for an ideal form of
government that is ruled by philosopher-kings, who are wise,
virtuous, and knowledgeable. He criticizes democracy as a
system that breeds corruption, tyranny, and ignorance. He also
proposes a division of society into three classes: the guardians,
who are the rulers and warriors; the auxiliaries, who are the
assistants and defenders of the guardians; and the producers,
who are the farmers, artisans, and merchants. He assigns
different types of education and duties to each class according to
their natural abilities and roles.
 Marriage: Plato argues that marriage should be regulated by the
state for the purpose of producing the best offspring and
maintaining social harmony. He suggests that the guardians
should have temporary marriages that are arranged by a lottery
system based on a mathematical formula called the nuptial
number. He also proposes that the children of the guardians
should be raised in common nurseries and not know their
biological parents. He allows more freedom and privacy for the
marriages of the auxiliaries and the producers, but still expects
them to follow certain rules and norms.
 Drama:Plato believed that drama was a corrupting influence on
society and should be banned1. He believed that drama was a
form of imitation that encouraged people to indulge in their
emotions and passions, rather than reason and logic.
 The Human Soul:Plato believed that the human soul was
divided into three parts: the rational, the spirited, and
the appetitive1. The rational part of the soul is responsible for
reason and logic, the spirited part is responsible for courage and
honor, and the appetitive part is responsible for desire and
pleasure. Plato’s theory of soul, which was inspired by the
teachings of Socrates, considered the psyche (Ancient Greek:
ψῡχή, romanized: psūkhḗ, lit. ‘breath’) to be the essence of a
person, being that which decides how people behave. Plato
considered this essence to be an incorporeal, eternal occupant of
a person’s being1. Plato divided the soul into three parts:
the logistikon (reason), the thymoeides (spirit), and
the epithymetikon (appetite or desire)1. The rational part of the
soul is responsible for reason and logic, the spirited part is
responsible for courage and honor, and the appetitive part is
responsible for desire and pleasure. Plato believed that the soul
was immortal and could eventually leave the body. He also
believed that as bodies die, the soul is continually reborn
(metempsychosis) in subsequent bodies1.
 Ownership of Property:Plato believed that ownership of
property should be abolished and that all property should be
held in common. He believed that this would eliminate the
source of conflict and inequality in society.
 Wives: Plato contends that women have the same nature as men
in respect to being guardians, except that they are weaker in
body. He therefore advocates for the equality of women and men
in education, training, and political participation. He also rejects
the conventional notion of women as domestic and subordinate
to men. He envisions that the wives of the guardians would be
fellow guardians, sharing the same duties and responsibilities as
their husbands. He also implies that the wives of the auxiliaries
and the producers would have more rights and opportunities
than the ordinary women of his time.
 Children and their education: Plato maintains that children are
not the property of their parents, but of the state. He therefore
prescribes a comprehensive and compulsory education system
for all children, regardless of their class or gender. He believes
that education should aim at developing the rational, spirited,
and appetitive parts of the soul, as well as the physical and moral
virtues. He also thinks that education should be based on a
careful selection and censorship of the arts, especially poetry and
music, to avoid the influence of bad examples and emotions. He
outlines different stages and methods of education for different
ages and classes of children, with an emphasis on dialectic and
philosophy for the potential guardians.
 Gender: Plato challenges the traditional gender roles and
stereotypes of his society. He argues that gender is not a relevant
factor in determining one’s abilities, interests, or social functions.
He asserts that women and men have the same potential for
virtue and wisdom, and that they should be given the same
opportunities and expectations. He also acknowledges that some
women may be superior to some men in certain respects, and
vice versa. He does not, however, deny the biological differences
between the sexes, nor the necessity of sexual reproduction. He
also does not advocate for the abolition of the family or the
elimination of sexual attraction.

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NAME: IWATT, ANIETIE UDO

MATRICULATION NUMBER: 22CK031209

REGRISTATION NUMBER : 2204459

DEPARTMENT: ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING

COURSE CODE: GST 211

Gani Fawehinmi was a famous Nigerian lawyer and human rights

 He liked reading books of revolutionary or radical figures, such as

Some of his achievements were:

He won several awards and honors, such as the International Bar

 What is Plato’s position on: Government /politics, marriage,

Plato’s position on government/politics, marriage, wives, children

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