Wednesday 10 September 2014

SINGING A DEVIOUS LULLABY: EKITI, OSUN ON MY MIND II.

"Conscience is an open wound only truth can heal it" - Uthman Dan Fodio 1805. I passionately pray that as 2015 draws near we will elevate our politics and debate beyond the banal confines of ethnicity and crash partisanship. I crave a cross ventilation of thought that shall coalesce into a new moral benchmark for leadership and set a new paradigm for the Actors on our socio-political amphitheatre. The jig-saw of conjectures and debate that came on and off the Ekiti and the Osun polls were predominantly banal. Partisanship prevailed over the credential and the character of the candidates. Religion over the passion to govern. And 'stomach infrastructure' over constructive short and long term development. Sad. What must count if we sincerely want this nation to grow is the passion to lead, the desire to serve, the determination to govern indiscriminate of creed and clan, and the commitment to genuine transformation. To those whose motivation and choice of leadership devolves and revolves on the ethnic, sectional, partisan and religious pendulum I bring this reminder, yes, it is an incontrovertible truism that at all level and across the parties governance within the past 15years have been below the 40% mark, therefore we MUST learn to think out of the box and collectively demand responsible and responsive leadership. Yes we MUST torpedo partisan bickering and up the bar beyond the contours of banal politics to the noble pedestal of profound issues, deep debate and patriotism, such is the way to go. God Bless Nigeria.
CONCLUDED.
Prof. Chris Nwaokobia Jnr.
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