‘’Our destiny remains in our
hand, we only need to take delivery of what belong to us’’-Bishop David Oyedepo.
Everything works together for
good and for those who truly believes in the will of the highest God. For Ayodele
fayose, the governor, it was a day of reckoning when the twisted hand of faith
drop dawn to pave way for another regime with different party affiliation in
the state of Ekiti that is having him as their change agent, Changing the
entire baton of leadership through the will of destiny that can be attributable
to ray of hope in the minds of the people and the act of God that must prevail
above all things.
’’Indeed, our destiny remains
in our hand; we only need to exercise it in other for us to take delivery of
what is in provision for us’’. To the electorates, it was time for the change
they truly needs.
How, many would ask, it was
indeed their desires for change that gave them the zeal to exercise their
franchise and vote for who they truly needs.
From the look of things, the
people truly demand change in governance not minding whose ox is gored, since
what they want is of importance , paramount and is determined through their
ability to choose, having their franchise, and that they truly know how to go
about it with their sovereignty and if indeed, that happened to be the reasons
for having different submission from various quarters matching against the
verdict of others, one is tempted to believe what the governor elect said
‘’that the opposition are people that is good in making noise ‘’only, on the
pages of newspapers. ‘planning and strategizing are not something that is being
done in the open, more especially when it involves individuals that are in
competition, it’s like having the concentration of market base that has
something to do with buying and selling ideologies, the people are the end
products, that must have to choose.
In that wise, we should expect
that what must be their choice must be of interest to them, part of which must
be that the candidate is sellable to them, and be popular. Above all, must
truly understand the needs and desires of the people.
The simple analogy here is
truly that the Ekiti people are people of sophistication; they are individuals
who know what governance is all about, the rudiments and the understanding of
what is quality assurance that is devoid of quality control.
Expensive mistakes are made and
usually the leaders are those who give birth to such some-time, and are such,
majority would have to bear the consequence and live with it.
Take for example, when you
bring in someone that is not popular in the midst of his people and the
opposition had otherwise, what magic can such a party do to win election in an
era where the people are more enlightened, and where our pattern of voting has
changed drastically and equally making it more and more difficult for anybody
to manipulate—today we see obvious mistakes as result of being selfish and
self-centred in most political party.. Just because of personal interest.
As an indigene, did some
samplings through focus group discussion in the state of Ekiti, and the outcome
without any prejudice is that the people of Ekiti are tired of ‘’baba so pe’’
To further buttress my points, Some analyst even gave their verdict as having
more of poverty on ground, some say its defile all logic and theory as to what
made the people vote for alternative. Some even went as far as saying our
people are having more recourse to ‘’stomach infrastructure’’ other than the
effort of the present governor in revamping physical infrastructure generally
in the state.
Accordingly, we should not
forget that this governor has succeeded in defeating two incumbent governors,
at first was when he contested against the incumbent in 2003, was at my local
government in Ijero, and his methodical approaches were that he brought water
tanks to various location and ensure everybody had access to drinkable water,
shared things of livelihood that can sustain the people like sewing machines,
tricycles and other form of putting food on the table of the low income earners
which if classified, are indeed the needs of the majority that is termed as
priority to them that earn him his personality as individual.
In that, even if he contested
under any platform, he will always come out victorious when compared to the
elites. To me, what is more important is that the people are willing to get
what they can take away instantly as means of life sustenance given the higher
proportion of poverty index the country is battling with, instead of what the
entire state stands to gain. Indeed, building human capital development.
From the views of all said, one
wonder if those seeing it from those perspective were able to discover for the
present governor before now, the need to mould his policy toward such process
in the past in other for his people to match towards that line, and be able to
use as testimony during his campaign of what he was able to achieve in terms of
empowerment of various form which indeed would have been a game changer for him
in the past compare to what the governor elect has done as well for the people
individually and collectively in the collation, collection and distribution of
wealth to evaluate from, since they the people of Ekiti are the one to
determine their coming back, and as well, determine who they want.
For instance, when the governor
was bold with his word and stand mien in Ikere Ekiti during the electioneering
campaign that he had once proposed university education in that settlement and
that the present government went ahead and relocate it to another location, and
went further, that if re-elected, he was going to replace it back, the people
of Ikere held that and indeed formed part of what influence their decision
among other things.
Then, their direction of vote
cannot be wrong as insinuated from various quarters. Indeed, there are many
factors that truly worked for the governor elect, one of which was issue based
campaigning, and the legacies he left behind which truly made him stand tall
among his peers to raise shoulder high above others as goods, worth given out
to sell, and was able to achieve results. Other ideology is indeed his
understanding of the social stratification with the low income earners
essentially within their environment.
The understandings and believe
of the governor on local content policy and indeed, the will of destiny that is
above human comprehension. First, let me analyse this sharp contrast when it
comes to social stratification that is embedded. In quoting from Fayose’s word
when he said’’ the people of Ekiti are my people, they are part of me and I am
part of them, anytime there is any social interaction such as naming ceremony
and other related programmes that involves them, I personally make out time to
attend personally’’.
There is one thing about human
behavioural science that has something to do with relationships variables when
it comes to social stratification that transcend beyond human imagination
sometimes and the way they affect us. When sampled with different variables,
it’s usually turns out yielding different results. For instance, if you have committed
relationship with any woman, that may blossom into marriage forever. Even if
not, those moments and memories are not something that could depart so easily
from both parties. Indeed, this comes as a result of sharing things in common,
seeing themselves often, and always on time when both party is in need of
whatever form of assistance.
Those little things are of
importance and usually, they lingers in memory and could draw sympathy of
whatever kind through the affection showed in time of need as a result. Could
this then be said that the ideology of this nature defies all logic or theory’’
the truth is that the environment remains our surroundings which simply
explains that we are where we live’’ especially when we are part of those
sustaining the inhabitants, the environment has a way of given back.
The inhabitants are no angels,
they have had enough experiences of both the past governor and this present
governor, and they understand what both has for them and not what some
insinuate as to be ‘’stomach infrastructure’’ with which this writer take an
exception, hence the ultimate decision lies in the hand of the electorate to
choose.
If the past governor has the best policies
ever and the people believes his style of governance is not good for them, and
were able to use their franchise and exercise it in whichever direction, it
should be commendable.
To me, what matter most is
their right of sovereignty bestowed on them through their franchise, and did
not came as surprise when the former governor was quoted as saying’’ if truly
this is the will of the people, he stands in difference to it’’
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