BEWARE:
HISTORY MUST NOT REPEAT ITSELF
(Let us say no
to the apostles of zoning)
Once again evil men are on the loose. They would
stop at nothing to blot the face of positive change, especially when it will
not put filthy lucre into private coffers. How long shall we thrive in
ignorance, always letting those who trample on our common good enjoy a field
day. They threaten that it is either zoning or nothing. Their arguments are
down right stupid and without substance. Rather than come up with concrete dividends
that Nigerians stand to benefit if their formula is adopted, they are busy
ranting about agreements made in the dark past. Agreements that baffle logic
and leave the electorate with nothing but poverty.
The most annoying aspect is the threats coming from
their camp on daily basis. They threaten hell, brimstone and chaos if their
selfish zoning agenda is not adhered to. The question is, what mark did the
past presidents, forced upon our common psyche by the zoning arrangement, leave
on the sands of history. Nothing but misery, wholesome deprivation and stunted
development. It is sheer madness when a man does something exactly the same way
it was done in the past and expects a different result. Our only response here
is that it can no longer be business as usual. We are not going to live and
allow history repeat itself.
Let us look back at history for it is the mirror
through which we recognize the pattern of their subterfuges. It is a pattern
that truncates and attempts to kill any ray of hope that ever came our way.
Murtala Muhammed was God sent to heal the wounds of
the civil war. He came to rebuild the ruins of the carnage occasioned by the
war. He did not however contend with those who feed fat on the ruins of war and
chaos. Before he could make any difference he was cut short in mid trajectory
and we mourned the death of a good man.
The towering image of Brigadier Tunde Idiagbo is
still sharp in our memory. He was bent on sanitizing our society and making
things work. But that was not to be because those that will not suffer change
to thrive amongst us made sure he did not live to reflect on his positive
deeds.
The pillar of sports in Africa
and philanthropist extraordinary Alhaji Moshood Abiola is another case in
point, he was a great man loved by all. He won a landslide victory upheld by
even men from foreign lands. His victory was not only cancelled but he was
annihilated like others before him that meant good for Nigeria
Now, once again, we have a man that shares the same
pedigree as the other greats cited earlier in the preceding paragraphs. His
name is Goodluck Ebele Azikiwe Jonathan. Have we ever stopped to ponder at the
circumstances that brought him where he is today. We at Democratic Legacy
Initiative see clearly the hands of deity at work in the life of a man. A man
that divine destiny has brought our way like those others that came in the past
like Meteors.
The difference is that unlike them, we will not
allow this choosen one to fizzle out the same way others did. We can not keep
quiet and let evil triumph over good as it did in the past. For once, let us
stand up to be counted on the side of positive change.
Ebenezer Chuka
Ebenezer
President,
Democratic Legacy Initiative
08076651050
Email: democraticlegacyinitiative@gmail.com
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