The POLITICIAN 1000
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Political leadership is a relay race, and at the end of<br />
one person’s tenure another leader is elected and handed<br />
the Batten of leadership, and we all know the state<br />
of the American economy when President Obama took<br />
over don’t we? America (thanks to George Bush) was<br />
in an economic crisis which was threatening to destabilise<br />
the entire global economy. So when Obama<br />
took over as President, he immediately went to work<br />
in an attempt to revive the American economy. Now,<br />
whether he has done a good job or not is a different<br />
story but many Americans feel that the quantitative<br />
easing exercises are helping, although anybody with<br />
even a basic knowledge of economics can see right<br />
through it and know that with each new Dollar bill that<br />
is created out of thin air, the overall value of the dollar<br />
goes down, but that is a discussion for another day.<br />
Now, what was the condition of the Nigerian aviation<br />
sector prior to Her Excellency Princess Stella Oduah-<br />
Ogiemwonyi’s appointment as Minister? It was comatose?<br />
A completely lifeless and visionless sector which<br />
lacked any form of direction, and yet just 2 years into<br />
65<br />
her tenure we have seen the remarkable transformation<br />
which is taking place in the aviation industry.<br />
For some Nigerians that change is not happening fast<br />
enough, and thus they have decided to overlook the<br />
positive and dwell on sheer negativity, and this was<br />
why I asked the former question regarding the state of<br />
the sector prior to Princess Stella’s appointment.<br />
As a nation, we need to learn the art of appreciation,<br />
especially when it comes to public servants who<br />
are pulling their weight and fighting tooth and nail to<br />
make a difference in their sectors instead of simply<br />
just looking for how to pull them down with our nasty<br />
comments and counterproductive rhetoric.<br />
We have to judge situations with an unbiased mind<br />
and critically appraise each person’s work honestly<br />
and without partiality. Like I said before and I believe<br />
it’s worth repeating, the state of the aviation sector<br />
prior to Princess Stella’s appointment was abysmal.
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