It is an opportune time!
Many despair and have a
perspective of hopelessness with what is happening in Nigeria. Rightfully so,
one must say and agree.
However, it presents an excellent opportunity for the President to etch his name in gold. As his title
translates, it is an opportune time for him to take the lead and show empathy,
listen to the citizens and talk with them, giving hope and assurance that
things will improve.
It is also an opportune time to take the lead in adjusting, even as he asks the citizens to adjust. It is not the time to be silent. It is also not the time to send messages to the citizens through mouthpieces that cannot convey the president's heart. It is an opportune time not to speak English (though the official language) but to speak to the citizens in our native languages. It is indeed an opportune time to bring the citizens close.
It is an opportune time to back
up the speeches with well-thought-out actions, focusing on the really important
things, and learn not to wait until there is the voice of dissent and agitation
to become uneasy.
It is also an opportune time for
the legislature and judiciary to show responsibility by suspending their
recesses to address the important issues of national interest, as many global
leaders have done in the past and still do, jettisoning vacations in the
interest of their nations.
It is an opportune time for the
agencies of government to put on the face of humanity and justice, where the
same tools and mechanisms rumoured to have been used to identify some persons
who are encouraging chaos are used to apprehend those who have been suspected
terrorized citizens by such dastardly acts as kidnapping, rustling, robberies
etc which has gone on for too long.
It is indeed an opportune time for
a #BetterNigeria to arise.
