THE GREAT SUMMONS

BY JOHN ODEY ADUMA

Trumpet blasts summoning all Nigerians to the construction site.

Throughout the length and breadth of Nigeria, the bugle is being blown to summon all Nigerians to answer this national call.

This call is to be Nigerian in all things Nigerian without recourse to ethnicity and violence; this call is to be humane in all things and be selfish in nothing.

It is a summons to integrity, courage, to excellent service to humanity; this call is to every Nigerian to occupy their minds with serious things; to wipe out injustice and lay the foundation of an egalitarian society of fraternal proximity; to be punctual to work and to be committed to our employers.

It is a summons to the employers that the workers deserve their wages; it is also a summons to workers not to turn their places of work to places of merchandize.

Yea, it is a summons which places loyalty to fatherland above all else, to creativity and individual initiatives; to every Nigerian to carry their own cross and depend less on the Government; it is a summons for purposeful and visionary leadership and a dedicated, creative and committed followership.

This call is an appeal for dialogue and understanding; it is an appeal against endless borrowing by the Government; it is an appeal for the diversification of the economy and a form of privatization that is fair to all concerned.

-       JOHN ODEY ADUMA, author of the bestseller: “Be a Beacon of Hope in the World: A Message to Young Britain” was formerly Executive Secretary, Foundry Association of Nigeria, (1997-2000), National Coordinator, The Pastoral Resolve, (General Muhammadu Buhari’s Pastoralists NGO; and Chairman, Editorial Board of the Daily Times of Nigeria Plc, 2000-2003.

 

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