WHAT NEXT

WHAT NEXT?
Thank God we had it peaceful, Nigerians have shown that we are capable once again to set the pace for African countries. Thanks to President Jonathan who took the path of honour and Prof. Jega, who also kept a clean image and improve our electioneering process with the use of PVC and card reader. In all of this I believe the people are the real beneficiaries and winners. What all these processes had succeeded in doing is to heap real responsibilities on the winners of these elections, from the President-elect to the house of assembly winners. Nigerians have high hopes in those they have chosen to lead in the next four years, because they have simply tell those who lost elections that; "look, we don't trust you let Mr. A, do the job" so to Mr. A, it's a trust impose on him which he must fulfil. I was opportune to hear from a reliable source a comment between Buhari and his deputy, Osinbajo, during one of their campaign rallies. The general asked his deputy sitting beside him in a car while thousands of ordinary Nigerians waves. He said to him "Osinbajo, what do you see in those people?" and the deputy replied "our supporters" then the general said "no", and told his deputy, "those people are expecting so much from us and we must not fail them, because we are their last hope". If so, then the people had simply shifted their burden to the new leaders and the earlier others elected persons realize this, the better and prosperous we all will be. Our past leaders have made governance look like mathematics that can be difficult to solve, but evidences from other climes has shown that it is not. All it takes for a good governance is COMMITTED LEADERSHIP. Lee kuan yew of Singapore, Deng xioping of China, Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum of Dubai, and Najib Rasak of Malaysia have all shown to us that sheer determination can move a country to its manifest destiny. I choose to use the above countries because they all started with Nigeria in the sixties as developing nations. (At least I know this as a historian) Today they all rank among the best countries of this world. When I see the level of supports and sacrifices of many Nigerians for Buhari in his bid to rule this country, something tells me he has no choice but to perform and live up to expectations especially in the area of corruption which was his selling point. As we all notice yesterday that the turn out of voters was very low compared to the forth night Presidential election, where everyone troop out to cast a vote. This again shows that the people looks forward to the man at the center. In all and all Nigerians are the real winners of this unfolding NEW NATION.
I remain yours faithfully:
Ajumobi Success Adewale.
DISS. BA. MA. History and Diplomacy.