Change is no longer optional in Igalaland—it is inevitable. What was once seen as a distant call for reform has now become a thunderous demand, shaking the very core of Kogi East. To resist is to risk irrelevance; to embrace is to unlock renewal.
Tradition and transformation are colliding. While elders seek to preserve heritage, the youth demand progress and equity. Nelson Mandela captured this duality best: “There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.” Igalaland today embodies that tension between the old and the new.
Politics has sharpened the debate into a battlefield. Leadership disputes and socio-economic grievances are no longer whispers but open confrontations. As Kofi Annan once reminded the world, “Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress.” The region’s forward march depends on knowledge-driven reform, not entrenched stagnation.
Controversy, however, has become the default language of Kogi East. For some, change is betrayal; for others, it is the only salvation. Winston Churchill’s timeless warning ripples here: “To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.” For Igalaland, the question is not whether change will come, but whether it will be embraced constructively.
The global stage offers sobering lessons. Nations and regions that resisted transformation often withered into obscurity. Barack Obama’s words remain instructive: “Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for.” The mandate for renewal rests firmly with the Igala people themselves.
History is calling, and the world is watching. Igalaland stands before a defining choice—cling to controversy or courageously chart a future of stability, innovation, and relevance. The power of change is not a threat; it is the greatest opportunity of a generation.
– Inah Boniface Ocholi writes from Ayah – Igalamela/Odolu LGA, Kogi state.
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