#MotivationalSpeakerExtraordinary
Arise O compatriots,
our mouths have echoed for decades,
But if Nigeria must
arise, If Nigeria Must Arise
It must arise with
electricity
States
must seek to generate their own electricity from geothermal, wind, solar,
hydropower and other renewable sources which all beg for exploitation all over
the land
Governments
must realize that the coming of electricity will put many people out of business,
thousands of their staff would be rendered jobless and families of patriots
will be thrown into hunger and despair. These great citizens, who have ensured
that Nigerians have had some reprieve from the dungeon-like darkness that
successive governments have plunged the nation into with sporadic electricity
supply, are stakeholders in any matter of electricity. These people by the
importation of electric power generators have helped us to see light. They will
need to be carried along in the provision of constant electricity. These
citizens must be given pragmatic, on-the-table participation in the provision
of electricity along with a mutually agreed timeline to bring their importation
and sales business to a fine historic close.
If
Nigeria must arise, would there not need to be a drastic review in the salaries
and allowances of all political office holders? Would it not be grand if the monies that they
would have earned are used to build roads and hospitals and subsidized housing
in the constituencies that they represent? For, Nigeria cannot arise as long as
political offices are the most lucrative positions in our nation. If the
salaries of government officials were reviewed to match those of the oil and
gas workers for instance, people will no longer seek political offices for
monetary gains, people will no longer kill and maim and rig elections in order
to gain political seats. People will seek such offices because they want to
demonstrate to us that they are good leaders, people will seek such offices
because they want to demonstrate that they love their people, people will seek
such offices because they want to leave a legacy for generations unborn.
They cannot claim to love Nigeria and Nigerians who
earn millions of naira weekly from being in governance while majority of the
rest of the population languishes in avoidable poverty
If
this nation must arise
Never
again should anyone be allowed to enter into a seat of government with 4
million naira in their bank accounts only to spend 4 years doing little or
nothing for the citizens and then leave office with 4 billion naira in the
bank. This abomination must stop if this country must arise…
…If
we must arise
Then
the people must become the government. For, if democracy is the government of
the people, then the people who are the government in a democracy must have
continuous say in governance
If
this country must arise
Governors
must grow the economies of their State and they are more than able to do it. If
Nigeria must arise, then all governors must enter into a healthy competition of
trying to outdo their counterparts in neighboring States in the creation of
enabling environments for investors to setup multiple manufacturing companies
(national and multinational) that will employ hundreds of citizens.
A governor is a chief executive officer whose
company is the state and whose only interest and hobby, is the expansion of the
state’s infrastructure, industries and intellect and thus the workforce and
thus the welfare and thus the happiness of the people under his or her governance
If
we must arise
We
must all continually speak against evil in all its ramifications
For a silent good man is as dangerous as a noisy bad
one
If
Nigeria must arise
Then
common citizens must arise above greed, tribalism and injustice in the market
places, in universities, on the streets, in artisan workshops, in hospitals, in
offices, in vehicle licensing offices, on the waterways, in tax offices, in
board meetings, in customs offices, on the highways and in airports.
Citizens who despise governments for stealing from
the masses should not steal from other citizens themselves
And
as Benson Idahosa said, “If you don’t listen to the suggestions of
evil, it will never give you direction”
If
this nation must arise, then there must be a program of multiple projects,
completely devoid of selfish gains, geared to better the lot of our apparently
disabled brothers and sisters.
If
we must arise, then tens of psychiatric hospitals, equipped with state of the
heart facilities must be built all over the nation to carter for our mentally
plagued fellow citizens who roam the streets without help
If
Nigeria must arise
Corruption
must not be applauded and decorated
Oppression
must not be promoted and celebrated
Aggression
must not be propagated and defended
And
the voice of the people must not be underrated or depreciated
If
this nation must arise, there must be a day…
There
is no argument that it is very hard to meet a Nigerian who does not believe
that there is a Supreme God Who made the worlds. So if we are a people who
believe in the Creator, where is our national day of prayer and thanksgiving? A
day, a national public holiday, a day when citizens stop to ask the Supreme One
to intervene in our nation’s affairs, a day that closes with thanksgiving for
the things that He has done? If Nigeria must arise, there must be one such day
every year…
… I am not a pessimist
I am opulently
optimistic
I look ahead and I see
a future of hope unashamed
I gaze at the horizon
and I behold a day in the distance
A day so far but yet so
near
A day when all of the
company of patriots will arise and raise their voices with passion and purpose,
with power and precision of soul, with integrity and gravity, and sing
jubilantly, that great anthem of the Republic
Arise O compatriots,
Nigeria’s call obey
And when we close with
that great line of freedom; yes when we close with that great line of freedom
One nation bound in
freedom
Freedom bound but yet
free
Freedom bound but not
with the chains of corruption nor with the shackles of segregation, nepotism or
tribalism neither with the thorns of fanaticism and groundless enthusiasm
But a freedom bound
with the hospitality of peace and with the tranquility of unity.
Yes when we close with
that great line of freedom, freedom truly will ring all over the land that
houses the world’s most populous black nation…For Nigeria will arise…
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