Finally April 9th of 2011 is here! We will file out to choose our national assembly members in about 86% of the contestable seats nationwide. Others will follow on the 26th. What a wait!
This year, we have the best chance ever to turn things around, to make a clean break from the ignoble past, to join the civilized world, by making democracy work. We will do it. We owe it to us, we owe it to Africa and the world. With this INEC, we are upbeat. We must do it.
Here is a plea to all the Forces of Good: Stop all them forces of evil! Make us proud tomorrow. Place the banner of patriotism on the hills of pantheon. Hoist the flag of fortitude on the mount of fortune. Make the electorate - one man, one vote - the master of the electoral universe. Let our founding fathers finally rest in peace!
What can Nigeria and Nigerians not do? Let's do it right for one and all, from tomorrow.
Yes, TOMORROW.
Friday, April 08, 2011
Tuesday, April 05, 2011
My Vote for INEC
Isn't it ironic? Very few Nigerians doubt INEC! Most international commentators trust this INEC! So we have the building blocks of a progressively sound and potentially great electoral edifice from the 2011 elections! And this, despite all the challenges, hiccups and shaky starts of both the voter-registration exercise and last week's botched polls! What a badge of honour to Jega & Company!! We watch and we know, don't we?
Set against the past, this can only be heartwarming. So, kudos to the appointer, kudos to the appointees.
My vote for INEC stems from the courage and honesty of its new leadership. Telling it as it is - despite the obvious and heavy costs. Levelling with Nigerians and the world, accepting full responsibility, and - most importantly - APOLOGIZING! Against the past players, this is comparing apples with coconuts!!
On this note, I vote for INEC.
Set against the past, this can only be heartwarming. So, kudos to the appointer, kudos to the appointees.
My vote for INEC stems from the courage and honesty of its new leadership. Telling it as it is - despite the obvious and heavy costs. Levelling with Nigerians and the world, accepting full responsibility, and - most importantly - APOLOGIZING! Against the past players, this is comparing apples with coconuts!!
On this note, I vote for INEC.
Saturday, April 02, 2011
IF YOU DIE FOR SOMEONE’S ELECTORAL AMBITION…
There will always be die-hard supporters of any cause, crusade or campaign. Fair. But to waste your life for somebody’s electoral ambition is a stretch! Especially when: a) they don’t put their own life and those of their family/loved ones on the line; a) they don’t care about service but servitude, which their track record should amply show; and c) they don’t even know you or your family - because you were merely hired by their pimps and cronies!
The past is the past, but in today’s Nigeria let no such misadventure befall you or those you know. It is a criminal waste, and your family and Creator will be entitled to condemn you roundly for it! If you are fed up with life you’re not the only one. If you hate the state of things in the land, you have big company - many of us do. If you want a particular person or party to win and help change things, so do others. Which is why it is a political contest and not a personal do-or-die combat! Which is why it is democracy and not despondency! Win some, lose some - that’s life, isn’t it?
Key Question: If you waste your life for someone’s political ambition, where or what is your personal ambition? Pray, you be more Catholic than the Pope? Haba! Search.
And the real cool thing about elections is this: you can always win next time! There are so many examples of this. Some people try up to SEVEN times before landing the job! And, yes, it is a JOB - going there to SERVE the people. So, if you go job-hunting, and just to be sure you got hired, will you hire hoodlums, thugs and assassins to “deal” with the other job-seekers? Or disrupt the final interview, so you can write the results and do your own appointment letter? After scaring away, intimidating, maiming or killing the umpires and representatives, would you get hired? More importantly, do you deserve the job? Telling. Humbling.
If anyone got a job that wayward way, that organization is in trouble. Such people will carry their do-or-die characteristics to deadlier levels throughout their career. And the higher the stake the more heinous they’ll get! Same for secular jobs same for spiritual jobs, worse for political jobs. Why, we must steer clear of such desperadoes! Fast.
Hey, I love to lose the pitch for Accountant this year, go get better-equipped, work harder, watch closer, pray higher and come back to clinch Financial Controller in four years’ time or ED Finance in eight years’ time! Sweet, isn’t it?
It happens all the time. Prepare. Wait.
The past is the past, but in today’s Nigeria let no such misadventure befall you or those you know. It is a criminal waste, and your family and Creator will be entitled to condemn you roundly for it! If you are fed up with life you’re not the only one. If you hate the state of things in the land, you have big company - many of us do. If you want a particular person or party to win and help change things, so do others. Which is why it is a political contest and not a personal do-or-die combat! Which is why it is democracy and not despondency! Win some, lose some - that’s life, isn’t it?
Key Question: If you waste your life for someone’s political ambition, where or what is your personal ambition? Pray, you be more Catholic than the Pope? Haba! Search.
And the real cool thing about elections is this: you can always win next time! There are so many examples of this. Some people try up to SEVEN times before landing the job! And, yes, it is a JOB - going there to SERVE the people. So, if you go job-hunting, and just to be sure you got hired, will you hire hoodlums, thugs and assassins to “deal” with the other job-seekers? Or disrupt the final interview, so you can write the results and do your own appointment letter? After scaring away, intimidating, maiming or killing the umpires and representatives, would you get hired? More importantly, do you deserve the job? Telling. Humbling.
If anyone got a job that wayward way, that organization is in trouble. Such people will carry their do-or-die characteristics to deadlier levels throughout their career. And the higher the stake the more heinous they’ll get! Same for secular jobs same for spiritual jobs, worse for political jobs. Why, we must steer clear of such desperadoes! Fast.
Hey, I love to lose the pitch for Accountant this year, go get better-equipped, work harder, watch closer, pray higher and come back to clinch Financial Controller in four years’ time or ED Finance in eight years’ time! Sweet, isn’t it?
It happens all the time. Prepare. Wait.
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