A selected Chief is supposed to be loved and respected by his
subjects.
By Ade Joseph Otor
A functional Chief deserves legitimacy which is the wire of
his recognition. We should look beyond a
tenure of a government that ends in the next 2 or 4 years. What is
happening in IGEDE is most unfortunate. It is quite unfortunate that the
interest playing out is made too glaring.
The few Igede sons commissioned to execute the hatchet job should look
back in history. Such infractions on the sacred cultural issue has
brought refraction and repercussions in the recent past. You can
manipulate the process, but you can't manipulate the conscience of the
people. Imperatively, the government by now must be beware that even
those commissioned to execute the plan have not demonstrated the
expected odd wisdom. It should be known that this government will not be
the last government in Benue. It is most regrettable and mind-buggling
that the government and its commissioned personages could not understand
the dynamics and percularities of IGEDE.. It is painful that the
government could not stage manage its interest in such a delicate
exercise and,this is running counter productive. This is suprising at a
time when democratic governance is pretentiously made preponderant..
Remember too that every seed of discord sown amongst a tribe and its people grows to shelve down its leafs some days..
As for me,I have taken an impression from Plato's deep thoughts. The
just man today can only be tested when given same opportunities with the
unjust man..It is not enough to push through an agenda.The difficulty
is with winning the minds and the heads of the people.Every con action
has a coin with which you pay for it,either today or whenever....read more
At least,the Igede nation is aware of an external interest in the
selection of its Chief..The success or not of that agenda is not an
issue as its existence. What is an issue to me is the government's
constant refrain to "God say" or 'God instructed me that I should not
interfer with the process'....Thou shall not use the name of God in
vain...#IGEDEARISE****
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