Today, we at SchoolwebNG.com want to share
a brief story
of a man who was born on the 20TH
November, 1957 to the family of a
canoe maker.
Through times and difficulties, he rose
from a humble background to
humble cynics who believed that the
child without shoes can never
materialise into anything worth
celebrating.
From that humble background; He
had his dream. A dream that saw him
in classrooms at The University of Port
Harcourt doing Zoology,
Hydrobiology, Fisheries even as a
student and as a Lecturer.
In 1998, when the door of democracy
was opened to a generation of
Nigerians, He was seen in 1999 taking
the Oath of office of a Deputy
Governor.
In 2005, December 9th to be precise,
just 24 hours before a Sosoliso plane
came down in Port Harcourt, He was
seen taking the Oath of the Governor
of Bayelsa state.
On the 29th May, 2007, he was also
seen taking Oath of the Vice President
of the Federal Republic of Nigeria at
Eagle Square Abuja.
A doctrine of necessity by a Senate,
saw him on the 9th of Feb., 2011
taking an Oath as an Acting President.
Right from the inception of
democracy in 1999 to date, He had
been seen seven times at different
occasions where he re-echoed words
of oaths from THE SEVENTH
SCHEDULE of our binding document
(constitution).
He has served us, and we shall
forever remain grateful.
As a Vice President, he was seen at a
mediation table where militancy gave
way for amnesty.
He has contributed his own quota to
Nation building.
His rise from grass to grace has not
come without some short comings.
Nigerians believe he was weak and
not prepared for the job. Yes he may
not have prepared, because he never
struggled for anything… the only
election he struggled to win, he lost.
His voice may have been weak when
terror reigned on our land, corruption
and nepotism strive to offend our
collective sensibilities.
Yes, He may have been weak, but in
the face of numerous shortcomings, I
still see strength in him.
His voice may have been weak at
Nyanya Bridge, but His voice was
strong enough to inspire a national
on one common front to flush ebola
off our shores.
His voice may be weak at Alakyo, but
not that weak when he was seen with
a golden trophy, when he inspired a
Nation that nothing was impossible
after a team triumphed in South
Africa.
His voice may be weak at EFCC, but
not that weak when He stormed a
venue in Lagos where a black box and
fellow Nigerians fell off our sky.
His voice may be weak at Chibok, but
the voices of his households was not
weak when a voice echoed from a
kitchen; ” their is God ooh! their is
God ooh!!.
He showed us he was weak, but
demonstrated strength when he told
us;
” …though I am willing, but not
desperate to lead, my ambition is not
worth the blood of any Nigerian.”
When he said this, we never took him
serious.
He inspired us on a mountain top
when he did the unimaginable
through a phone call.
This phone call of his, saved a Nation
and shamed her adversaries who
were waiting to benefit from our
blood.
He made a phone call to concede
defeat, he showed us the way
forward.
He took us to a shrine, when he
proved to us that truly, personal
interest can be sacrifice at the altar of
National interests.
He showed us the pathway that leads
to the temple where elections can
truly be a free and fair affair and not
“a do or die affair”.
He saw what those men and women
who invest in terrorism on our land
couldn’t see.
His weakness may not have stopped
the fountains of blood on our land,
but his strengths have strengthened
the fountain of peace, faith, hope and
national pride in our hearts.
In few hours from now, we shall bide
him goodbye , before He leaves, join
SchoolwebNG.com celebrate DR GOODLUCK
EBELE
JONATHAN.