Someone could decide to keep
quiet over the just concluded election and the potential result based on the
published outcome so far, yet it will go down in history as one of the keenly
contested election in the country. I saw aged people in my community coming out
to cast their votes though some of them may not live to witness or see the
realization of the election yet they believe that creating a platform for their
children is a necessity. People came out to perform their civic responsibility.
The discussion that eschew
between two people in the cab that I entered this morning (30-03-2015) is the
birth of this publication. The man started by saying what is change and who is
expecting change, he said, people that stole PDP money went to APC and then we
believe they are change agent and that they are good people. He went further to
say that the change APC preaches is the name change from AD to AC the CAN and
now APC. He said it is God that will fight for the masses and not the
presidential aspirants.
I just suddenly realized that
this is the voiced of the defeated foe; suddenly PDP faithful are saying that APC
are not change agents, but what of the people that moved from AD, APC, ANPP to PDP who PDP member are clamouring also as the best. PDP have forgotten
that it has not lost the presidential election before, which means it has not
go through the stress of all other parties and yet they survived, now that PDP
is about to go through this stress, they are using their last straw to
castigate everybody. I just hope they will survive it.
I see PDP going through the
stress that APP and AD; the other two parties during the 1999 general election went
through. Some have prophesied this and others have written extensively on the
outcome of Nigeria election. My singular write up is expected to tackle the
voice of a defeated person.
General as human, we don’t love
defeat and the ability to conceal defeat and congratulate the winner is a great
show of sportsmanship. I really thank the president for showing great sportsmanship
in the last election.
The voice of the defeated is
simply the change of value and voice when someone loss. It is the path of least
resistant, it is the path trod by the fearful, it is the path resisted my man
of ambition; it is the valley of death for the sworn-destiny-maker.
Desist from it, turn aside from
it, go not by it because it derails an achiever from his or her path.
As you set forth to achieve
greatness in life, be wary of friends that stays only for the good time and
flew away when things change. You may loss at so many juncture in the battle of
life but giving in to the voice of the defeated will keep you perpetually in
bondage. Go beyond the status quo, go for the height and seek to achieve greatness
in life.
God bless you, Nigeria! God bless
my country!! God bless Nigeria!!!