FASHOLA TO JONATHAN: MARTIN LUTHER KING LED FROM THE FRONT, WORKED HARD TO UNIFY A DIVIDED PEOPLE Where is courage? The character to proceed even in spite of fear. I think we will all do well to remember that Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King led from the front in the civil rights movement, so did Mandela, so did Lee Kuan Yew in the agitation for Singapore‘s independence. Barack Obama has been to the war fronts in countries where American troops (young men and women) are put in harm’s way, to inspire them. As racially divided as America was in the days of Martin Luther King, he did not seek to divide the country and impose black rule over white. He dreamt and worked hard to unify divided people. Mandela sacrificed personal liberty for the emancipation of his people and surrendered presidential power for a higher power – a moral authority – that made him the father of a continent and a global leadership reference, when by clinging to power he could not have been more than a president of one of the world’s 196 (One Hundred and Ninety Six) countries. Instead of dividing the ethnic Chinese, Malay and Indians in Singapore, Lee Kwan Yew united them by his housing and education policies, built a nation, and took them on a journey of dizzying adventure and development. What we are witnessing now is a daily dishonor and discredit of the service of previous Governments. They tell us now that since Nigeria was created, no Government has done for us what they have done for us. What would the nationalists who fought for our independence say to these inheritors? I wonder how the 7 surviving formers Heads of State and Presidents who attend the National Council of States feel, when they hear this kind of talk. Yet their unmatched achievements has not delivered stable power whose delivery date has not escaped their lies. The date has shifted from month-to-month to year-to-year since 2011. The lie was even told to an International News Agency. Instead of boasting that no previous leader of Government has done more for the country as our Government does, Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the leader of Dubai whose achievements far surpass ours (at least for now) not only acknowledges the service of those before him, he sets new challenges for his Government and dreams new dreams for his people.
Posted on: Fri, 15 Aug 2014 09:49:47 +0000
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