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Hmmm. I wonder how I should begin; should I say the ‘State of the Nation’ or the ‘State of the State’ continues to leave a bad taste in the mouths of some of us and probably that’s why our big brother politician, philanthropist, businessman and friend, Prince Tonye Princewill’s slogan, “Politics should not be left to the politicians”, serves as a reminder to some of us that though we have leaders to guide us and the affairs of the State, we also have roles to play individually and collectively for the realization of certain goals for the State and so on. Bearing in mind the race to 2015, it appears one of our problems stems from lack of proper dissemination of information hence distorted views about current happenings within and outside the state.

The ongoing drama is d**n (pardon my French) too much and cunningly wields people away from the crux of the matter to other somewhat mundane issues. Like our neighbouring states and regions, we also have our ups and downs and instead of focusing on pressing issues relating to electricity, road maintenance and so on, we are made to watch live Nollywood political drama, “Naija: The Race to the Top 2015, Part 1…” featuring a large cast: HE RCA, Hon. Min of State for Education N.W, Obio/Akpor LGA, Rivers State House of Assembly, NGF, PDP with special guest appearance by His Excellency, El Presidente GEJ.

Leadership cum management isn’t easy and is a hard job to take on or a tough nut to crack. ‘Leading the Pack’ and getting people from different backgrounds to yield to your orders is a different ball game requiring a certain kind of finesse and diplomacy not usually gotten from the classroom but via interacting with the people. It is only proper that our leaders keep us close to heart when committing us into certain situations. There must be an improvement on keeping the citizenry well-informed. Thank God for social media like this one(FB); if not for a PPA friend and fellow blogger, I’d not have known about the Obio/Akpor ‘bombing’ incident as well as understood the reason for police presence at almost every junction within my axis around the time of the hubbub.

The bottom-line is that information in these times is essential to the survival of the goals and aspirations of the populace. When we lack regular feedback, it gives room to our imagination running wild. I for one am not pro ‘this person’ neither pro ‘that person’ but all I want and wish for is that as long as we are able and willing to work for our daily bread, let no Jupiter take us for unsolicited rides by cutting our paycheques without due notice by telling us before hand and reasons for such pay cuts otherwise one day na one day, the ogas for the top go come see say naija man don tire to swallow eba and soup and wan chop macaroni and cheese. Abeg if person no je brake, those riots wey dey happen for England, Turkey, Greece and other countries go appear for we country by means of abracadabra.

My people if you get long leg make you helep us tell our leaders oh! Imie gbam, Eshe gon, Nagode, Da’alu so.