Disunity And Bad Leadership.The problem Bobo

 By Wilson Macaulay 

 Populist High Chief Wellington Bobo, thee Oroupawei of Gbaramatu Kingdom has once again identified disunity and bad leadership as the bane of underdeveloped of the Niger Delta region.    The elder statesman who made these assertion in Warri Delta while speaking to a group of selected Journalist noted that the menace of the common man in the Niger Delta can only be addressed or resolved through the collective struggle of the people aimed at bringing up credible leaders who can effectively present the demands of the Niger  Delta people.      Chief Wellington Bobo, the Populist High Chief of Gbaramatu kingdom strongly suggested that it is time to flush out all the leaders  that have constituted themselves into  cogs in the wheel of progress in the region.He insisted that the people of the Niger Delta, particularly the leaders should sit tight and consciously  do what is right for everyone in the larger society to benefit.  The erudite justice of peace lamented that the various agencies of government charged with the responsibilities to check the excesses  of the oil majors, to better the lot of the Niger Delta people like the NNPC,DPR,NOSDRA,NCDMB,NDDC,MNDA e.t.c are not willing to perform their statutory duties accordingly , as they sacrifice the destiny of the Niger Delta people on the altar of   clannish interest.He posited   that Niger Delta  leaders  should understand that the whole world  is watching  their   bad way of paying their citizens  in bad coins. According to High Populist Chief Bobo, PMB should have a kind heart and listening ear to listen to the plight and the cry of the masses, so that his administration will not go down in history like that of Donald Trump of America who exited  office without honor like  a bull in  a Chinese supermarket.    Bobo, the good governance  advocate declared that every office holder  saddled with one responsibility or the other should know at the back of their minds, that God gave them the opportunity to be of help to humanity.     Speaking further, he warned that any attempt to derail the welfare  of the   people will not be acceptable by the masses and even God Almighty scorn at the mien of such leaders.  He added  that the social and economics disparity  between the leaders and the masses is one of  the root causes of the cataclysm,chaos and anarchy in the Niger Delta.The virtually piqued  Chief Bobo argued that Nigeria have enough resources and potential to engage our youths in mechanized Agriculture which is a good take off point for any nation which truly desire industrialization. The populist Oroupawei  advised leaders in power to try their best to diffuse the keg of gun power on which the country is sitting  at present.The Elder statesman emphasized the need for the leaders of  different ethnic  nationalities of the Niger Delta to remember that when the  rain is going to fall, it will fall on every mans roof, hence there is folly in standing aloof to look according to Bob Marley the late king of Reggae     He continued: “In the light of the above,  we all should understand that the problem of the Ijaws is the same as the problem of the Isekiris, the Urhobo,the Isokos, etc. viz-avis because we have one ecosystem, one demography, one topography and one God the maker of all things who put us together in his infinite wisdom his higher and superior to the thoughts of men.       High Populist Chief Bobo maintained that it is necessary for everybody to come together to use every legitimate means possible to vote out our selfish political leaders who are not attracting development to our area in this so called democracy in our country Nigeria.    Still harping  on the need to ensure that we make Nigeria a better place than we met it, chief Bobo said thus: “ The way forward is  progressive democracy which emphasis onward geometric growth and development in all ramification. He reaffirmed that anything  short of this maxim  is a straight sure road to futility as all earlier attempts made  in this atmosphere of distrust have been  canter productive. Chief Bobo quoted professor Lumumba  who asked Nigerian  leaders an instructive question, if they were actually honorable leaders or horrible leaders. He asserted that ,we should always try hard to checklist or mirror our lives with    the Greek  parlance which says that there are three class of people in every        society namely, the idiots, the tribesmen and the citizens.    Breaking it down,  he explained : “The idiots are  people who don’t care about what is going on in their country or society while the tribesmen are people who look at things from the point of view of their tribe, they believe only if you are part of their tribe.When the Greeks talk about tribe they also include religion.”He he pointed out that it is very terrible to have a tribesman as a leader because he will corrupt the rest of his kith and kin. He lamented that a great number of Nigerians are tribesmen hence they trust only people from their tribe a phenomenon which have dealt a fatal blow on our national polity. Chief Bobo in the wisdom of the Greeks advised Niger Delta leaders in particular and Nigerians in general to emulate the third group of people , the citizens who like to do things the right way accordingly. The citizens respect and obey the law, they respect traffic light even if no one is watching, they don’t cheat in examination , they are averse to stealing Government money , they are compassionate and they give to others for their well being.The Elder Statesman averred in his conclusion that Nigerians particularly the Niger Delta leaders  must  take deliberate steps to become  citizens indeed so that project Nigeria will not fail.