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OVER POLITICIZATION OF SOCIAL LIFE

Sometimes, it is doubtful if the character of our elite can engender meaningful development. Their quest for survival makes the struggle for power too intense and absorbing that it overshadows everything including development. When we think of development, we are thinking of the objective interests of society. But, because of the need for survival, most of us are in no position to think of the objective interest of society. Most of us just confuse what sustains our existence with public interest. The consequence is over politicization of issues and errant sentiments. 
Indeed, I have always been accused of being unsparing in my criticisms of the All Progressives Congress (APC), but what those who have formed such opinions failed to understand is that as scholars, we have a huge responsibility to write in ways that would elevate the country and make it better than it is. To educate, if need be, praise and criticize in order to bring improvement into the society. Such huge responsibility is not personal and may not be totally devoid of partisanship.
Nigeria is in a bad shape, hunger has taken over the land. Expectations of the people are not being met. Nigeria is not yet the country of our dream, so there is always something to talk or write about to make it better and keep our leaders on their toes, knowing that they have a huge responsibility while not forgetting that the expectation of about 180 million Nigerians is riding on them, including those of the unborn generation. Thus, leadership is a huge responsibility and it requires a whole lot of sacrifice which politicians, who have the collective mandate of the people, must constantly be reminded of.
But back to the Delta State. There’s no one in the State today that would say he has not heard or read about the one murmuring or the other that have trailed the government. If it was not about the local government staff salary, it would be about pensioner complaining about non-inclusion in the bailout fund. My take is that some of what the governor tries to do are misunderstood while a lot of reactions were equally due to “politics”, the way we play it in this part of the world.
Some of the major problems we are confronted with in the country today are politicization of issues. That has blinded us, such that we fail to appreciate the good in others even when it is starring us in the face. Deltans should look beyond murmurings and see the genuine attempts by Governor Okowa to salvage the State within the context of the economic recession in the country.

One thing is clear, the governor is positively unconventional in his way of doing things, maybe because the conventional has not been yielding the intended results. Despite the continuously dwindling federal revenue in the country, Governor Okowa has been able to marshal what it has to great advantage with maximum impact. 

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