DOI: 10.36347/sjahss.2014.v02i02.007

Pages: 187-189

The country has been turned into a scavaging field where each one tried to out-do the other in the race of corruption. The fallout of corruption was that people are disenchanted with the happenings in the country’s terrain, quite aggreably, writers usually rise to the occasion using the medium of art to express the people’s mind. It is common knowledge that the problems of democritization in Nigeria have left a profound mark in literary circle as there has been a gradual shift from military misrule to that of political and social diagnosis. This includes a satirical portrayal of the Nigerian political class, the meddlesomeness of the working class and the all pervading cynicism in the polity. Wale Okediran Social engagements are noticeable in his treatment of these burning issues. This work takes a look at how Wale Okediran has been able to narrate one of the plagues killing our nation using a branch in one of our numerous institutions in his book “The boys at the boarder”.