End Of Year Series: Welcome 2015! (VI) 1.0 Goodbye, 2014. We are here. The very last gate which, like a dual door, closes the small house and simultaneously opens on the mansion. We are at the threshold of 2015, right? Wrong, it isnt just the last day but also the first and last witness or rather the midwife who oversees the birth of the first day of the Year of our Lord, twenty fifteen. I have been waiting for this one year nearly four and a half decades. I hail the year! 2.0 I PROMISED TO SPEAK, DID I? Yes, I did, and I am here today to honour my word. I apologise for the delay. Time was not just ripe. Now is good. For purposes of brevity and clarity, I plead to speak subhead by subhead, viz: a) UOU & 2015: Since the 2015 Big Man moved to APC, two of the Frequently Asked Questions people throw at me daily are: do you still support UOU? And are you now also of APC? Today, for the first time ever, I field the two questions for the records. Those who ask if I am still behind UOU dont know me. If they did, they wouldnt think of, let alone, voice the question. I am a constant: consistent, loyal, good. I have kept away from using the word, patient; because I am not. I do not have the stomach for those things, please. That said, I am for UOU. In all of Akwa Ibom, and all-round, he remains the best on parade for 2015. He SHALL win. Well, I think that answer knocks off the second FAQ. But, if you insist, here you are: is APC peopled by non-Nigerians? Or by non-human beings? Are our people looking for a man they know or a party? See, vis-a-vis 2015, I am an Umana person in spite of and despite; all the way! b) GEJ or GMB?: I am enjoying the humorous satirical ding dong on social media, by lovers of the two (main) presidential front runners. Theres no let up in the online battle by both sides to curse off the opponent. In the past, I would have sworn I abhorred this open disdain for contest but now, I am not so sure anymore, because, truth to tell, I love the soft propaganda exchange, the Cold War electioneering, the bad-mouthings. Both sides are doing well. I am having a good laugh. Yet, the Battle of 14th February will be devoid of love and laughter. In fact, it might be about blood and violence, God forbid. Unfortunately, nothing is being done by the authorities to ensure or prepare otherwise. The current friendly fire being witnessed by both parties might soon touch off a fiery furnace. God forbid. Yes, God can forbid it if we kicked off a desperate voter education campaign, a massive mental re-engineering and above all, GEJ and GMB came together to focus on issues. None of them is telling us what our national problems are and their roadmap to rescue. By the way, none of the two men is stronger. THIS PARTICULAR ELECTION IS OPEN: any of them can win! c) My GOA Greatest Regrets: How could a man who has done so well (in terms of projects. Please spare me the talk about his outflow, ie his performance, not being commensurate with inflow) suddenly just decide to finish so poorly by removing his eyes from the ball during injury time, all in the name of picking a new captain before he retires? So, he throws in everything, losing it all, in the process? Even the way he has prosecuted the Udom-must-succeed-him war exasperates his diehard fans. Put that against the background of how politics and the succession strategy have badly dichotomised our people, then you get an idea of my personal pains. When I think about the man, I wonder how he could have drifted so far offshore as we now see. Are the four, five months left of his eight years not too short for the reconciliation and State healing I have been preaching about all these years? What future awaits him! 3.0 Is there anything you want(ed) me to address, which I havent? Not to worry. Send them to me now, hereunder, and Id treat them here too, publicly, in hours. I join your family and you to thank God for everything. May 2015 be our dream year during which none of our expectations shall be cut off; the year when all previous ones eaten by locust shall be restored on to us; the year those who hated and oppressed us shall call us Eternal Excellencies. Claim it now. A smashing 2015, up next: IJN! ...B
Posted on: Wed, 31 Dec 2014 22:54:19 +0000
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