It is hard not to talk
about it these days. Election stories is probably the most interesting stories
and news you hear these days; on the electronic media (radio & TV), social
media, tabloids, you get to hear propaganda, promises, advertisement, debate,
campaigns and a whole lot about INEC.
Here in Oyo state,
there is nothing more interesting to the younger minds than the political
arena. Not even football nor internet business nor how to make money as
everything is tied to who get that position or occupy that space. The fact of
the matter is that almost everything is in a state of inactivity; contracts are
neglected waiting for who to occupy that position, employment opportunities are
waiting, school admission are waiting, even some private business owners have
put a stop to transactions, either because they travelled only waiting until
after election or for some other reasons.
Parties or no parties,
we have roles to play in this election (or electioneering process) one way or
the other. May be you are not the Mike Tyson with a cutlass or gun who can
steal the pollen unit, or fight passionately for your candidate, may be you are
not that controversial pastor, who can declare vehemently his/her support for a
candidate, may be you are even the partisan type, who only follows the party’s
activity gently without causing any problem to the opposition or you are the
type who love writing and therefore not afraid of expressing your opinion on
the social media for others to gain and learn or you are one of such people who
have considered yourself too old to be part of this election. To cut the story
short, one way or the other, we have been influenced by our decision about this
election.
These are some facts,
now the truth. If your candidate wins, he will consider himself first! His
immediate family second or his godfather before considering his extended
family, his friend, well wishers and his party members before considering the
nation; the largest proportion of the people who voted him/her into power.
What is your exact
position in the goody chain? Change or no change, if you are not the one
contesting, then the closest you can get in the goody chain is to be an
immediate family member or an important godfather without whom the election
would not have been successful and therefore must have had a covenant with the
election candidate of his choice before the election on the list of benefits
that will be accrued to you! Yeah, you will benefit greatly, it will pay you
better than others.
However, is that the
best you can get? One need to weigh out the risk /reward ratio (RRR), what
percent of one’s effort or resources is needed to get to get a certain profit? Does
the reward worth the risk? If I hack down this opposition candidate with my
cutlass, does it worth the risk?
We are all risking
something taking that action or inaction as the case may be. Am not sure how
profitable this election is to you but am certain of this fact. There is no better transaction than this;
that a man would lay his life for his friends, for we stand to gain 100% with
miniature efforts. Election would come
and go, peace would come and go, wars will come and go and even the earth would
pass away but we would all give account of that spirit, that breath of life
because it was freely given to us.
On that day, when
it is your turn to be weighed, when there is no longer any opportunity to
be preached to, when you can no longer give a valid excuse, what will your scale weighs? Zero Kg or
100%? Somebody paid the price bro.,
why not take advantage of this, you have little to lose other than that pride, those old friends, that fleeting
pleasure and that habit. There is no better time to take that action than
now. Accept Jesus as your lord and
personal savior! Take advantage of the 99.9% RRR. Choose life and live!
