Friday 16 December 2016

TO ALL WINNERS AT THE POLL EVERYWHERE

(Note: This piece serves as my congratulatory message and charge to whoever becomes winner during election to serve at any level of leadership in his nation.)

I rejoice with you at your success during the election as winner showing that you are the most preferred for the job. Your courage and tenacity all through the way until the election is concluded in your favour is a proof that you can excel in the task ahead if you are willing.

As I congratulates you, I humbly beseech you to accept my little charge to further quicken your preparedness and readiness to deliver good leadership.

May your victory at the poll be the victory of entire citizens of your country not for yourself over the citizens. Your emergence as a leader is expected to be a great blessing to everyone so much no voter would regret voting for you.

The question is: Are you doing it for the love of people, their welfare and posterity or for the love of power and the privileges of power? Except you are in power for/with the love of the people well rooted in your heart, you cannot deliver excellent leadership.

How you become a leader gives a picture of how you will serve. If your victory at the poll is made possible through malpractices; you have failed even before your swearing in. Whoever wins election on the platter of injustice is already incapacitated of delivering justice.

On this note, by a way of wishing you good success - I leave you to reflect deeply on the following profound statements to set the right perspectives.

The victory of every winner at the poll should be the victory of entire citizens not the winners' victory over the rest citizens.

Leaders are meant to salvage the system not to ravage the system.

Every new leader is expected to make things better for all not worse for anyone (including those who voted against him/her).

Incoming regime should be a continuity of good works started by outgoing regime in keeping with execution of new programmes.

As a new leader, serve in such a way that voters would be grateful they voted for you. Your main aim should be to serve not to be served. Let voters' investment on your victory and people's congratulatory messages count. Give yourself wholly to your duties. Success at the poll does not guarantee or equal success in office.

_Stephen Olamilekan Jimoh
Advance Everyday
...living life at best
http://stephenoj.blogspot.com.ng/

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