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Deep within me, after cross checking facts and figures, I knew that Kogi state needed a paradigm shift from religious, ethnic or regional coloured leadership to a merit base leadership.
Why have Kogites even after a Mekelzedek years of excruciating and hellish experience refused to rise against ethnicism in politics. I wished I had the powers to break the Emmaus bread so that the blind can see the dangers of ethnic politics. I tried to shout out “reasons” but like the blind Biblical Bathimus, many ethnic bigots who claimed to be more Bello than me see no reason why I was disturbing their messiah who was on a journey of “purposeful leadership”. They see no reason why we should not continue to swim at the shallow and dirty waters of ethnicism.
The enemy within our fold, the ruinous cabals of destroyers and their cronies has declared that things must continue to fall apart in Kogi state. They have sworn to the god of corruption that the centre cannot hold for any meaningful progress. While they engaged themselves in the idiotic business of raping publicly our common inheritance, professional sycophants, flatters, palace jetter made themselves kingmakers, seized the crown and shamelessly crowned a king without our consent.
These enemies of Kogi State poured into our national chalice honey laced with poison and gave us to drink. Their ruinous plan to take us a step forward and a million steps backward was well planned that it will take only a sophisticated alertness to detect it.
2019 is not tomorrow, but the drummer has started the job he knows how to do best. I am afraid that ethnic politics is fast becoming a “modus operandi”. I weep, not for any other thing but for the fact that we have failed to live up to expectation. If we are leaders of tomorrow, why allow shameless old men and ethnic champions to mortgage our collective future for their mundane and selfish interests?
Why must we refuse to see that the so called take, flashy and false leaders and jet flying leaders are shareholders in the looting bonanza chaired by our ruinous and heartless elites?
As youths, we must realize that Kogi State is greater than any political, ethnic, clannish, regional or religious affiliation. Our ambitious actions and inactions must be within the framework of the constitution. While acknowledging the primacy of the constitution, we must also uncompromisingly reject the poisoned chalice and take the lead to the land of milk and honey. May Kogi state outlive us all and may our efforts and that of our heroes pose not be in vain.
– Alfa Tijani
Kogi-based political analyst and creative writer.
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