The POLITICIAN 1000

I am an advocate of free speech but there is a huge
difference between free speech and an all out attempt
to destroy the character and public perception
of an individual, and something drastically needs to
be done about this.
Our leaders are not perfect. If they were, then they
wouldn’t be leading an imperfect people such as us.
Many of them are doing the very best they can to
improve the lot of Nigerians, and even if we feel that
the change we seek is not happening as fast or in the
magnitude that we would like, that still doesn’t justify
the use of the sort derogatory terminology being
used when we speak about them. Let us learn to
encourage our leaders and give them the benefit of
the doubt, because things are not always as easy and
as straight forward as they may appear. Leadership is
an incredibly arduous task, and more so in a country
like Nigeria where people with various motives are
tussling for the same thing.
The Oil and Gas sector is the economic backbone
of our nation and the person charged with its oversight
and leadership must be able to intertwine the
economic and political components of the sector,
and make sure that they both work in harmony.
The Oil and Gas sector is as much about politics
as it is about economics and to navigate this great
ship of state, one must be able to bridge the socioeconomic/political
and religious divides that exist
within our country. In the person that we have come
to know as Mrs Deizani Alison-Madueke, such great
qualities domicile.
She is cut from a different cloth altogether, a Woman who has distinguished herself in her field and continues
to be a shining example to Women from all the geopolitical zones of the country, pragmatically demonstrating
that Women are not just biologically different, but can indeed make a difference, and lead our country to
greater economic heights. Join me therefore in the celebration of a woman who embodies the spirit of service,
and has given her life to the development of our country.
A true patriot and a loyal daughter of the nation, whose efforts and contributions to Nigeria’s economic
development have proven to be invaluable. Our dear Sister, thank you for all that you’re doing, your labour
of love will never be forgotten and your sacrifice for the people of Nigeria will indeed stand the test of time
and in the end, even your detractors and critics would have no choice but to admit the truth, and what is this
truth? That you were truly sent from above at this specific time in our nation’s history, and that your labours
were indeed, for God and Country. God bless you, God bless the Goodluck Jonathan administration and God
bless the federal republic of Nigeria
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