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Moral
values rank highest among all natural values. The Goodness, purity,
truthfulness and humility of a man ranks higher than genius, brilliance,
exuberance, vitality; than the beauty of nature or of art, than the stability
and power of a State. What is realized and what shines forth in an act of real
forgiveness in a noble and generous renunciation; in a burning and selfless
love, is more significant and more noble, more important and more eternal than
all cultural values.
Positive
moral values are the focus of the world, negative moral values, the greatest
evil, worse than suffering, sickness, death, or the disintegration of a
flourishing culture. As long as a man blindly disregards the moral values of
other persons, as long as he does not distinguish the positive values which
inheres in truth, and the negative values which is proper to error, as long as
he does not understand the value which inheres in the life of man, and the
negative value attached to injustice, will he be incapable of moral goodness?
As
long as he is only interested in the question of whether something is
subjectively satisfying or not, whether it is agreeable to him or not, instead
of asking whether it is something important, serves the interest of the
generality, whether in itself it is beautiful, good, whether it should be for
its own sake, in a word, whether it is something having a value he cannot be
morally good.
Therefore,
it is morally right to identify with a man with distinct values, whose report
of life is excellent and character a virtue not vice. Assessing the habitation
of Senator Okowa passes him for a model of leadership who is a reformer and
transformer. He is a man whose integrity is not in doubt. He is free from this ego
spasm, from pride and concupiscence. He does not fill the world with his own
ego, but leaves to being the space which it needs in order to unfold itself. He
understands the dignity and nobility of being as such, the value which it
already possesses in its opposition to mere nothingness.
Senator
Okowa is a man with reverence in justice toward others, in consideration for
the rights of another, for the liberty of another's decisions, in limiting
one's own lust for power, and in all understanding of another's rights.
Reverence for his neighbours is the basis for all true community life. Senator
Okowa knows how to fulfill his moral duties toward the community as a whole and
towards the individual members of the community.
Senator
Ifeanyi Okowa has long become a phenomenon in the polity of Delta State and
Nigeria at large, as an emerging statesman and an astute politician. Most times
it appears he is the only brand that is seen as in contention come the next
general elections. The real reason he is a hit political sensation is his humility,
honesty, trustworthiness, generosity and above all God fearing.
One
of the major setbacks of leadership in the world is honesty, or the lack of it.
It accounts for the many demonstrations, protests, and even calls for the demotion
of leaders at different stages and in various climes. This situation stems from
the attitude of a leader who lies. True leaders act ethically and are committed
to the needs of the people.
Everyone
requires their leaders to be trustworthy and leadership is essentially based on
trust. Because many people choose to follow leaders they trust, they have a
sense of basic trust. It is basic honesty too. Without honesty, a leader can’t
lead with integrity. It is therefore logical, true and trite to conclude that
it is these uncommon traits of Senator Okowa that has made him an acceptable
brand.
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