Now is the right time to come together to decide who will
lead us come 2015. We must avoid another bunch of accidental leaders being imposed
on us. Without putting forward the right
candidates, we might yet be preparing to vote for another set of thieves,
corrupt businessmen, wicked and clueless rulers who are bent on achieving their
selfish interests.
Nigeria has a rich intellectual history; we have experts and
professionals whose professional capabilities are overwhelming. We have brothers and sisters who know what
Nigeria needs and ways to achieve, let us awaken the giant we can see all
around us and start creating a positive leadership benchmark come 2015. Let’s put forward names of individuals we
know can change our nation and start the process of our national recovery.
This is a wakeup call. Let’s put
our fate in our hands and better our lots.
Enough is enough with our repeatedly docile leaders whose interest is
purely in their pockets. If we go ahead
to do things the way we have always done it, then it shows we have not learnt
our lessons. It means we are used to our
normal ways of life. We Suffer. We
Smile. We Die.
Nigeria needs virile leaders who can cause changes urgently
and with the best interest of the country. It is time we gave our men with the right vision
the opportunity to lead Nigeria. We need
our best brains trained to cause changes that are immediately noticeable to
come forth and marshal the nation to its next level. Leaders whose presence can affect the four
corners of Nigeria within a short period, not one to give us more excuses why
things cannot work, not one with no clue how to lead the country.
For how long must we wait and be killed one by one, while
our leaders watch helplessly?
For how long must we be slaughtered in the north, kidnapped
in the east and robbed in the south?
For how long must we remain silent to be beaten and robbed
by our law enforcers?
For how long must our lives be in danger, even in the
comfort of our homes?
For how long must our children die of preventable disease,
malnutrition and hunger?
For how long must our young men and women be killed in their
prime?
For how long must we be subjected to their ‘we-we’ politics?
For how long must we be led by the bunch of materialistic,
‘chop and quench’ rulers?
For how long must they share the proceeds from our Oil money?
For how long would they ignore our vote and make us suffer
in silence?
For how long must we remain in darkness with no light or
clean water?
Our leaders have not shown enough commitment to secure our territories
and borders. Nigerians are still killed daily
in large numbers by deaths we can prevent.
They blame neighbouring countries for the insurgencies and are not able to
explain how the militants traverse our borders and territories without getting
caught? What a shame! Nigerians have been sitting on Gunpowder for
too long, now the powder has started exploding.
Must our lives be this worthless?
Nigerians are suffering.
Our children are desperate for survival and our elders are dying of
preventable diseases. Our road is an
open grave; people get killed daily by it and the lives of an average Nigerian
is worth nothing. How have we got this
far?
Some of our past leaders have turned themselves into mini-gods;
living life like it has no end, while their counterparts in other countries are
making life less stringent, by going to the market to shop, jumping buses and
trains, using commercial jets and setting the right examples. When will Nigerian leaders breakaway from
their megalomaniac tendencies and realise the need to serve rather than give us
bad names.
This is a clarion call on every Nigerians to come
together. Let’s forget our past, so that
we move into our future. Let’s use our conscience
to direct our actions and do away with sentiments. Let us do away with tribal and religious
politics. We need leaders, who are true leaders,
not our past history of clueless rulers. Let us come together and decide on leaders who
will cause the change we urgently need in Nigeria. It is time we started the process because
2015 is around the corner. Let’s avoid
another set of disastrous rulers that they shove down our throat. Let’s not wait for luck in Nigeria, let’s
create our luck come 2015.
