He has authored so many books and was a member of the NLNG Nigeria Literature prize panel that selected the 2013 winner. He was also the director of NYSC in three states of Plateau, Benue and Rivers before he went back to the classroom. In this encounter with Edozie Udeze, he bares his mind on the state of education, why poetry has come to stay in Nigeria and the reason for ASUU strike and lots more. Excerpts.