We have always been told that we
are the leaders of tomorrow and I have always believed that, but we especially
youth have always taken it out of context. I would address this issue as a
Nigerian and believing that its up to us to grab the bulls by the horns so to
speak. The leaders are not ready to relinquish the position of leadership and
the youth are not even ready let alone prepared to take up such delicate
positions so why do we clamor for something we are not prepared to have just
because we have been told it belongs to us.
Nigeria is in a delicate position
in its history and anything that happens now would shape our future going
forward, the leaders we elect, the process in electing the right candidate and
ultimately the following up of the elected candidates into doing their jobs and
making them realize that not only are we counting on them but that we are with
them all the way. The position of leadership though is a single man’s job but its
a result of collective hands working together to achieve a set goal that’s why
everything is called a ‘system’. The two biggest parties in the country have
appointed their respective candidates, while one is the incumbent the other is
a retired General that has ruled this nation during the military regime. Both have
been in the highest position of this country and we have their scorecards with
us, one is closer to our generation than the other, one ruled without being
appointed while the other was elected, one was more or less a dictator while
the other was a direct opposite. We know what we want and we know what we don’t
want but sometimes because we want to get rid of what we don’t want we forget
to realize that what we are using to replace what we don’t want is really what
we detest.
We as the leaders of tomorrow are
to wake up at this time to flex our leadership muscles by choosing our
tomorrow, by exercising our rights and ultimately making them know that we are
ready to take our rightful position. We have seen people squander their office
by laundering money and taking drastic decisions just to fulfill their lustful
desires, some have gone to the extent of even bragging about it because they
have some kind of immunity. Its time for us to stand up and be counted, choose
our candidate, stand by him and ultimately follow him up till he starts doing
what he is meant to do. We should task each and every one of them from the
councilors, chairmen, honourables, senators, governors and then the President.
The job doesn’t end at the polling
booth, that’s the problem with Nigerian politics we always end it after
election and only a selected few tend to speak out. We should all have one
voice or rather all speak out when things are going bad, we should make them
realize that we are not happy. They know the power we have but they feed us
with ignorance and flex their fake muscles to deceive us into believing they
are superior to us. We elected them, our powers collectively put them there and
we should not let them forget that, we as a people can always bring change and
now is the time for change. Either Buhari or Goodluck anyone could do the job
but we should look at their manifesto closely and ask ourselves is this what I
want individually and as a nation, if you have no feelings for this country
then you are doomed because its your cross and you are as responsible as the
president.
Let us all go out on the 14th
of February 2015 knowing what we want and who we believe can make it happen and
vote for that person, at this time the party doesn’t really matter because as
we have seen in time past they can switch parties like they are porting from
one network provider to the other. So its about who can stand by his decision,
who can empathize with our situations, who can bring about the required change
and who can ultimately deliver the Nigeria that we have a hope for to reality.
We also as citizens should be ready to live by our decisions because once we
vote a bad leader it is not the leaders fault that he is bad, it is our fault that
we voted him in power. I hope we would have a prosperous New Year and the next
four years would be one without bomb blasts, ravaging of villages, kidnapping
of girls and many more that we have experienced in these last four years.
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