Tuesday National Report..

SOLVING THE POLITICAL CALCULUS BY MAZI ODERA POg 23/10 /18. 

     

If you fail to plan,  you have planned to fail, no doubt . 

Can you see that farmer sitting under that  Ube Oyibo tree, resting with a Jar of Nkwu Enu and Anu Mkpo he is dipping in Red Spicy oil garnished with Onion at his elbow, no doubt he is the richest  among his peers in the state,it wasn't as if he bought it or by invocation,  but dent of hard work he did .  

I studied him to understand that while other farmers are eating isi ewu, drinking Tombo and visiting Ajadu,  Mr Okwomma would be clearing his farm, burning the bushes, burning the debris that will turn into manure that will enrich the soil and make the crops to come out with astute awesomeness. 

  He is not done, he will till the ground, make hedges,  at the right time sow the seeds , after that he won't go merrying or drinking, he would be on his farm daily watching and watering,  making sure that birds of the air, mammals of the Earth will not stop his hard work or render it Okwo ifuna. 

He takes his time to monitor his work, water it, tend to it until harvest,  bringing to mind "aka aja aja na ebute onu mmanu mmanu" (Sandy's palm equal to oily mouth) ,  no wonder my old man said aruo na anwu eria na ndo(Work under Sun shine and wine and dine under shelter) ,coming out from my digression and,  I cry, ndi igbo ge nu nti . 

I didn't come to mesmerize  you, entice or show off grammatical sophistication or recount the excess wisdom of my old man. 

I do not write to be graded, approved an erudite,  but I write with burden that will emancipate my people, oburu m ama ife,  ya buru and before hand, please note that I makes no apology for my understanding and construction, position or prism. 

I am Mazi Odera, an IGBO HARDCORE who is not trying to impress Queen Eliza or anybody at that, I do what I can say serves the best,that it pisses you off shows you are part of the problem and not solution. 

I step on toes while working and walking, not because I choose to but because some toes are placed as a curse to occupy places that good people should be, so if stepping on them will make the owner to remove it, then I will love to stomp on it with spike shoes and all without apologies. 

Anyi bu ndi igbo na akpa nyere ndoro ndoro ochichi ofu aka (We approach Politics with lackadaisical attitude) ,  we forgot that onye akpalu , ocha, and you must be on the table of equity for you to get your shares. 

Politics is like nku ukwa,  only ofeke would not know mgbe ha kere nku ukwa. 

Nigeria is a tripod nation,  and two legs representing north and west have always played touching body politics ,leaving the weight on the remnant weathered leg bu nke Ndigbo .

 The time has come for us to play the Ogirisi fruit to match the Izaga dance they are dancing.

 Was it not my old man that said ugwu muta igbaji ukwu, agadi nwanyi ga amuta orikata ozuo ike, it is time for us to take stock of our political faith.

Umunna, the reason why we have not gotten it right politically is because we always pursue political animal with "If not mine, let it escape into Wild", making me to ask, ofuru igwulube okpoghi Umunna, nke fulu ofia, onye nwe  ya (One who saw locust and refuse to alert his kindred, the ones that escaped into Bush, who benefited?).

We miss golden chances because we refused to make a proper calculation based on na anyi gbako aka naputu Ezekudene eriri Ozo, before we start pontificating on who shall wear the anklet, after all our elders agreed that you have to kill A Kite before you start the argument of, if a woman shall eat from it or not. 

What we do atimes makes one to wonder ife na eme anyi ogbakwo  aka?, which reminds me of the problem of NKITA NWANYI NNOBI, a woman from EBENESI NNOBI said to her children in 80s, if that Palm Tree grow and bear fruit, I will sale the fruits and use the proceed to buy Dog from UKE MARKET, and when that Dog gives  birth, I will give one to Emeka and another to James... That was how the fight started, blood raining all over the family, commotion rages  and the 4 children are ready to kill off one another on who will take the Male or Female ones, so Okafor the Neighbor stepped in to resolve the dispute, when he heard the root of the problem, he ask them, how many of you will still be at NNOBI when this tree will grow enough to bear fruit? 

Why not just help your mother to nurture the fruit, and take it one step at a time... Moving on..  

Take for instance the ANAMBRA SOUTH SENATORIAL where we have the most served Senator on APC ticket, Dr Andy Emmanuel Uba who by political calculations should be the Next Senate President if the swing move the other direction. 

Ndigbo are suppose to have the training of our forebears, like when Religion came to town, my Great grand Father shared his Children to denominations, some in Catholic, Anglican and some followed Odinani, his argument remains, where ever good things comes from he has a candidate, if bad things are happening in any, he has eyes and ears as well, so he will have informed opinion. 

As we get ready to battle the irrational in an Election and from what we have expirienced from EKITI and OSUN, it shows they are yet to understand that Election means the choice of the masses, so as we stand behind the current massive candidates in PDP, we also should have a back up plan which should be centered around if push comes to shove at least we have a SENATE PRESIDENT which ANDY UBA is eminently qualified to be.

Like him or hate him, or hate the role of his brother whose life in far across from the Senator, but you can't take it away from Him that he is noiselessly making a great revolution in annals of Legislation. 

Infact if Senator Andy hail from the other side of the divide, He should be worshipped as Omega and they would've giving him a ladder so reinforced that not even Trailer will crumble it, but in Alaigbo, especially in Anambra we seems to have PHD (PULL HIM DOWN) CERTIFICATION.

We prefer to send cripples to a pushing contest, just to say.. HE IS MY BROTHER even though na ogbo ga eri the Neophyte.

That mind set always make us to be at the bottom of the ladder and while others gets dividend of persistent Politicking, we will be celebrating Numbers of Chieftancy titles acquired by the confused person massaging our position. 

Tell me in all fairness what will Nicholas Ukachukwu should be doing in the Senate?. 

He is yet to cut his teeth in any Administrative arm or served in Government, unless we are talking about playing role in Pentecostal Church that always make own path  wrong or right they flaunt it. 

Tell me also what and why SENATOR UCHE EKWUNIFE should be contesting election with those who are yet to cut Political teeth, this is a woman who has gone through the ladders of Legislative Wars, bore the scars of BOARD room and legislative fights, then got into Senate and break a record that can't be replaced, she was given CHAIRMAN DOWNSTREAM PETROLEUM, a position not made for South Eastern but when they saw that She has more than what it takes to bring life back to our Downstream Petroleum, they gave it to her with bended knees, that was when our own brothers played the role of JUDAS ISCARIOT and as the 2 legs of the Tripod has been mutting the ideas of how to get a dive into that department SHE is holding , when our own brothers gave them the reason to walk away with it, they gladly exchange such a wonderful, hard working woman with one who don't have enough to go into Caucus 

In Legislation. 

 Caucus are the place one can bandy ideas, look for Motions, throw around Bill's and with concensus or Horse trading, one can then move to chambers and make headway, but know it that one person cannot stampede to enter Bus. 

I was so sad that some even projected a Speech Impeded Dunce to legislate for Igbo Community with lettered Men and women, to the foot soldiers they are politicking but never knew they are burying the future of the Zone, for they have shown na mmadu anoro na that Zone. 

So tell me why we can't just for one minute think of a way that will enable us to rescue the escaped chances of living a life worthy of a National in a Nation we call Ours, but we are living a more pauperized life because we can't get our politics right. 

Ndigbo there is no time we can put all our best out and they fight to kill self and come back with harmony, we have to calculate the one that will benefit us more as Ndigbo. 

I also wonder why Ndi isi kpakoro onu will even file candidate to contest against AZUBUOGU, that man is one man LEGISLATION and if he fails to be the Next Speaker then we should go and consult which agwu stands against him, for what he has done so far in the House of Representative, other parties should gladly endorse him as concensus candidates...

 He is a classy act and if you disagree with me, then ask your village Deity if that is not their concensus. 

Now as we have what we missed all along, today we have ALHAJI ATIKU ABUBAKAR  who for today shall be said to be the better of the Northern candidates, that guarantees his emergence in the Northern states politically in the freest, Fairest Party PRIMARIES in Nigeria as a Nation , then he choose the man whose record in leadership is superlative waooooo, the man who rekindled hope and built a path that led to GREAT GOVERNANCE WITHOUT BORROWING, the man who the Cap of decent Governance lie on the Head, the man who saw Impossible in our state education and not only made it possible but turn it to PREMIER of the Premium. 

Read my lips, I do not speak because I want my voice to be heard, I speak because I am the Pen of the gods and they know I speak with clarity, so they reposed confidence on me to hold opinions for them. 

Mr Peter Gregory Obi is not just a Billionaire, a leader or ICON, he is POLITICAL MANDELA and with his partnership with WAZIRI OF ADAMAWA, they will set this Nation on path that will lead us to our position as Giant of Africa without wheel chair.

That some of us misunderstood the divine arrangement is not a pull at THE POLITICAL ORACLE, it is a direct challenge to the gods and the worst is that THE ALMIGHTY wrote that name In Gold as the Redemption Team, so trying to wrestle it is like a dog chasing his own tail, do not forget the saying about ochu nwa Okuku, when you chase a chick, she will be running with a cheap leg, and you that is chasing will be the one falling and kissing the canvas, while it scamper away to safety in the presence of the chaser she shall dwell.

What Ndigbo need now is to plan for future and we have to build of Structures that are refined. 

Let's give unalloyed support to the RESCUE TEAM of ICP ABUBAKAR ATIKU and ICVP PETER OBI and posterity will be kind to us. 

Thanks, this is yours with the Pen Mazi Odera known as POg, presently at AMAKU consulting and communicating with Ndi Egede for odimma Alaigbo.