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I once posited that since we normally have, Man of the Year’, we should be having the opposite.
In my little wisdom, I have chosen to title the opposite as, ‘Unman of the Year’!
A fitting title, ain’t it?
When I was in the elementary school, for someone who performed well, the teacher would instruct us to urge them on by clapping for them. However, For those who performed
woefully, we would be instructed to do the opposite.
Well, after a long deliberation in my self-partnership, so many black coffees gone while crunching crackers, I decided to give myself a break.
Yeah!
I really did deserve the break. When an important announcement is to be made, one needs to really think it over.
Having thought it over, I came out with the conclusion that my Unman of the Year are the citizens of Nigeria.
I put various factors into consideration before making the decision. The first one is the fact that the citizens have not shown enough sophistication to the extent that the politicians will be respecting them.
Second, we’re too cheap. Even if we have lost all hope in the electoral system, why must we be selling our future so cheaply. In some cases, we sold four years for a cup of gari and some kulikuli.
Third, we can’t remove the fact that, before they became Frankenstein, the politicians were part of us. They never came from planet Mars. In fact, they are a reflection of us.
The last one is that we don’t really have a concrete plan of leadership succession. We just allow people who don’t have any business in the corridors of power to lead us. Where is the mentoring? Even now, we’re already embarking on a failed trip in 2023 unless something drastic is done.
So, unless we have a rethinking, even if for the sake of our children, the politicians will continue riding roughshod over us!
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