During
the epochal June 12 elections, I was totally for MKO, despite the Moslem-Moslem
ticket; I was a ‘hopeful’ young Nigerian, rooting 100% for the Hope 93 agenda.
Along the line, my people unabashedly supported Obasanjo, Yar’adua and Lucky
Good-Luck, whom some people saw-and still see- as an onye-Igbo. In
2019, I was FULLY Atikulated because of the monumental failure of
Sai-Baba, especially by repudiating all his promises! Last year,
as a Soludoist, I promoted Soludoism. Prof Soludo
was not new to politics but he was not the typical politician and thus, he did
not ‘have’ a structure; he had to depend somebody’s structure. People rallied
round him, created all sorts of non-APGA structures, campaigned for him with
their own money and even donated some money to him. That was in Anambra State. Today, I want to
declare unapologetically that I am OBImatically OBIdient! Even though I am not bound to justify my
position, my OBIdience is based on competence, character (integrity),transparency
accountability and verifiable
credentials, performance and testimonies. Of course, equity is also a factor. With Datti-Ahmed as the running mate, I have
also become Yusuful and the youthfulness factor has become more
compelling. I agree in toto with Seun Okimbaloye (Channels TV) that if we
employ the best hands to run our private companies , we should have the best of
us to run this country. As a
corollary, since we look for the best mechanic to repair our cars, without
asking for their religious, ethnic and state-of-origin status, we should look
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Since
Obi ‘dumped’ the PDP because the party was not in sync with his 2Ps (persona and principles), and
migrated to the less-known and fancied Labour Party, the main issue by those
who believe that he has no chance is that he has ‘no structure’. Why did he
even join LP? Because as a servant leader, he wants to labour for (and not boss
over) the people and because there is dignity in Labour. Even those who are
thieves, including repentant thieves, have been advised to join the labour
movement (Ephessians4:28) By the way, the LP logo is about the family; it is
not about inanimate objects. So, why all
the fuss about structures? ‘Wetin be structure sef’? In Organisational Behaviour and Management,
a structure is the ‘grouping of activities in such a way to achieve
objectives, departmentation of these activities and provision of authority,
delegation and coordination (Ik Muo, (2019) Management:
Principles Practices and Processes; Enugu, Potter Creations, P425). But
in Nigerian politics, a ‘structure’ refers to the offices and officers for
politicking across the federation but in reality, it is a framework for
rigging and sharing money; for subverting the electoral process by
intimidation, violence, destruction of electoral materials and other forms of
unholy subterfuge. In its practical interpretation, it is OBIvious
that Obi does not have a structure and following common wisdom, does not stand
a chance in 2023.
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So, why
do those who have chance worry so much about a structureless man who has no
chance? Why have all internet warriors, rogue writers, and apologists of the
political class devoted all their attack-efforts on Obi? Why are we DESPERATELY searching for the
almost non-existent dark sides of PO and looking for dirt to splash on his
sparkling credentials? Why have we spared those whose pasts are replete will all sorts of verifiable
atrocious records; who stole intimidating sums of money; those that are richer
than some states, those who have no certificates or whose certificates are
missing or defaced and descend on the stingy man who is OBIsessed
with prudence and financial responsibility? Why are some of us rooting for a
desperate fellow who ‘privatised’ our
privatisation process, milked Nigeria holistically, lives abroad, comes back every
four years to contest and who wants to be president by all means? Or the fellow
with entitlement mindset who looted and still loots Lagos treasury and wants to extend his lootocracy across
Nigeria; who wants to be president just because emi lokan? They are attacking PO because they are afraid
that like the fruit among rocks, he will ‘grow and bear fruit when no one
believes, when no one expects and when no one gives him a chance; indeed,
against all odds! And so it shall be.
Why
not go for the visionary one who was a billionaire before joining the political
front, whose certificates and other details are verifiable, lives
a simple and contented life and believes that ‘things cannot continue to
be like this’; who tells you what he has done, and proffers solution to
our problems based on his experiences
and what he learnt from other climes; who shows incomparable compassion, concern and respect
for fellow human beings and who wears
simplicity and humility as cloaks?
Why
are other candidates and their supporters investing scarce resources in desperate efforts to discover the failings
of Peter Obi (PO)? Why is it that rather than marketing their programmes and
identifying and proffering workable solutions to the myriad and complicated
Nigerian problems they are resorting to analogue strategies like forcing people
to pay buy and wear branded vests, intimidating people at the registration
centers, sharing of cash and items? Well, in this circumstance, I am moved by the timeless postulation of Marcus
Aurelius that ‘when a bunch of
known corrupt people unite against one man and spare no efforts to ridicule
him, blackmail him and attempt to assassinate his character, blindly follow
that one man’. I am BLINDLY OBIcentric! This does not
mean that PO is a Saint! As I write
this, I came across the words of the
sage, Obafemi Awolowo that a day will come when Nigerian masses from the
north and south, Christians, Muslims and animists will merge as a force for
progress and unity and kick against rigging, corruption and tyranny. As
a prophet, priest and king, in addition
to being a living Spirit, I believe that the day has come!
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Anyway,
here are some words of elders that are appropriate for those
suffering from acute OBIphobia, who believe that a vote for PO is
a wasted vote. Our people say that God drives away flies for the tail-less cow;
that at times, a disregarded small pot would produce enough foam to quench the
entire fire, that a small flood can wash away the bridge, that a small sh…t can scatter he anus and at
times, a smallish elephant might drive away the huge ones. Even those who are
close to the Bible will tell you the story of Naboth, Joseph and David, Elijah,
whose battles were fought by God. This is for those who look down on Obi, who
is the author and finisher of OBInomics.
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OBInomics
has been defined as the branch of knowledge
concerned withsavings investment production, consumption and transfer of
wealth according to PO. However, beyond
this generic definition, OBInomics as the Economics of PO, has a multiplicity of
interconnected elements. It has frugality (prudence, financial responsibility)
as a religion in public, private and social lives. It is all about financial
responsibility that is allergic to squandermania. If you refer to
it as stinginess, ‘na you sabi’ but even at that, the
Stingy Men Association of Nigeria( SMAN) has appointed PO, unopposed, as their life Grand Patron. OBInomics
believes in deploying public money for public purposes, patronising home-made
products and paying for the primary value of goods and services (seeing economy
class as the same as first class sit in the same flight). OBInomics
adopts a statistics-based governance (go
and verify ), prioritises education, health and roads as the foundation for
overall economic development, promotes savings, investments and production(as
against consumption), separates personal from public resources and affairs,
does not believe in enrichment from the
office, beyond formal remunerations( which can even be surrendered for the
public good), and believes in learning from other climes. The statistical tendencies of OBInomics
is highlighted by an unknown Obidient fellow who declared that if one
dared tell Obi that a snake swallowed N36m, he will automatically respond that the
oesophagus circumference of average snake in China is 1.3cm, Thailand, 0.5cm,
Egypt1.cm, Burundi 2,2cm and Nigeria1.7cm. a bundle ofN20 notes is 5.2 cm and
is too big for a snake to swallow!
OBInomics
is
against any form of ostentation and it practices lean government, lean convoys (size
and quality), lean dressing, lean accommodation, lean personal staff strength and and zero hangers on. It is based on competence,
and is technology-driven. OBInomics believes that everything can be negotiated
(advertisements rates, hotel and flight fees); it is against pebendalism,
and is also based on optimistic mindset; preaching hope in a
hopeless milieu.
Something
makes POs prudence very striking: he forgoes things that he can easily
afford so as to make value-statements.
As a manager at Cooperative and Commerce Bank, Ogui Road, Enugu,(1982+) I used
to relish abacha & ugba, a local delicacy, washed down with a
bottle of dead-cold Coca-Cola. One of our junior staff, Goddy Ezeocha(Zech),
would rather take stout and other standard meals. He was so stout-friendly that
we baptised stout as Zech, such that a bottle of stout was named a Zech. One day, I asked Zech why he would
not be a part of the home-made abacha+ package. He responded that while
everybody knew that I could afford any meal I wanted and that I ate the local
delicacy out of preference, they would
assume that he ate it because of poverty! So, the value of POs prudence
is more so because he prefers to be prudent, not out of poverty but because of
his values and principles.
Some other time, we shall examine how
OBInomics unwittingly led to OBIsession and OBImania!
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Prof, good evening.
ReplyDeleteThere is a report that there is rejoicing beyond the seen realm, led by the Professor of professors and teacher of teachers, Ojetunji Aboyade. The rejoicing brotherhood included Hamzat Rafindandi Zayyad, Clement Isong, Pius Okigbo, Samuel Aluko, Audu Bako, Claude Ake, Abdulkadir Ahmed, Adekunle Ajasin, and Mbonu Ojike. Aboyade said they should rejoice that Peter Obi has operationalised Absorptive Capacity as a Fiscal Tool, as STINGINESS, better termed, providing for Fiscal Space, after he failed to impress the Constituent Assembly in the 1977 to adopt it as a factor in allocating resources accumulated in the Distributable Pool Account (DPA) of the Federation, styled Federation Account.
Audu Bako told Aboyade that his mathematical orientation caused the blockade, adding that Peter Obi's Arithmetic was simple and easy to understand by many Learned and Unlearned Nigerians, hence, the mass support.
Pius Okigbo told the rejoicing party to blame him for wheeling away Ojetunji Aboyade from Engineering to Economics. As Pius Okigbo was continuing his apology, Tafawa Balewa arrived and Mbonu Ojike hailed him as 'One and Only PM'.
Tafawa Balewa confirmed that Ojetunji was his Chief Economic Adviser, and he advised well, for free, while lecturing in Economics at U.I. Kenneth Dike said it was true that Ojetunji collected only one salary at UI, whilst he was adviser to the Federal Government.
At this point, Francis Mbanefo arrived and prostrated to Ojetunji Aboyade, saying that but for him, he would not have attended University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA, 1971-76. So he pleaded with Pius Okigbo not to apologise for turning Ojetunji Aboyade to Economics, as he was a beneficiary of that Change of Course.
Professor Julius Onah raised a point of Order that faking should be avoided to AVOID Nigerians being expelled from Paradise. To the surprise of everybody, Julius Onah said the person prostrating before Ojetunji Aboyade was Ginigeme Mbanefo, not Francis Mbanefo! Blessed Iwene Tansi told the party that he had spoken to Francis Cardinal Arinze and he confirmed that he was Francis Mbanefo but he hijacked his father's Ozo Praise-name.
Samuel Aluko was shocked by the turn of events but Wolfgang Stolper, passing by, asked the great spirits assembled to 'Go Beyond Opi Junction', so Nigeria will at last stop Planning Without Facts. Instead, Stolper told the audience, they should send structure to Peter Obi and Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, that it may go well with Nigeria.
That was the vision!!!!!
Nice write up Sir
ReplyDeleteLet me keep observing for now.