Democracy & Governance
Ife East LGA Of Today And The Future: Our Future Lies In Our Decision -By Akinwole Ayobami
In my fifty-one years of existence, I have come to realize that there are great potentials our society has abandoned, for things unfit for our success as a people. Usually, we have abandoned “the rest for the best”, and the end result is underdevelopment.
There’s an ongoing tension in our political space, a heightened consciousness of the Nigerian people, and of course widened gimmicks by politicians. There is a need for everyone to come together, appreciate brilliance, speak unanimously, and get our feet in the right direction. These are my thoughts as I watch everything play out in ways imagined.
I have sometimes refused the urge to write on political matters, but in times of essentials, I count it the best, so that in years to come, whether we decide to get it right or not, generations to come will lean on our voices as evidence, evidence that we called the attention of both old and young to abandon the constrictions that we have been conditioned to reason along with and embrace a new breath. Succeeding generations will hold us accountable.
In my fifty-one years of existence, I have come to realize that there are great potentials our society has abandoned, for things unfit for our success as a people. Usually, we have abandoned “the rest for the best”, and the end result is underdevelopment.
Ife East is in a midst of multiple decisions, and we cannot afford to make the wrong decision. I have looked into antecedents of candidates jostling to represent us at the State Assembly, and I cannot but vouch for John Oyebanji of the African Democratic Congress (ADC). We have a lot at stake, and a number of us who are more concerned about the future have resolved to give it a shot at the best.
Ife East will not abandon the best for the rest.
As a young man with beautiful dreams for himself and society, an encouragement to other young ones, a versatile and brainy young man, fluent, humble, humane, and respectful, our failure to lend support to such equals to failing the next generation. We have a dream to have a nation where everyone can become great without necessarily “knowing” big men – i.e. a society where the “son of nobody” can become “somebody” without knowing “anybody.”
I haven’t met him on personal grounds, but I have read from him, read about him, and heard him speak on issues that concern us. John Oyebanji’s candidacy is a test of the future for us all. Would we fail this test?
Mr. Akinwole Ayobami writes from Oke Atan, Ilode 1 of “the source”, Ile-Ife.
