OPINION BY MONDAY PHILIPS EKPE: 'I have run a good race…' | TheCable
a chance to spring a surprise. He alluded to the Holy Bible to drive home a point. “I have run a good race. I have finished my course. It is now time for another to take up the baton,” the elated retired general turned politician told his audience. Some people think that the credit belongs to his speech writer, an argument which makes no sense as Buhari is sound enough to own whatever he says in public, whether written or extempore.
In keeping with his repeated reminders that he couldn’t wait to lead a quiet existence far away from the burdens of governance, he took off straight from the Eagle Square in Abuja even before the presidential handover ceremony was completed on Monday. His life as a private citizen has begun effectively, having finished another sojourn to Nigeria’s apex seat for the second time. The last one was in 1985 via the military coup that brought in General Ibrahim Babangida.
That last speech ended on an even more muscular note: “I feel fulfilled that we have started the Nigeria Re-Birth by taking the initial critical steps and I am convinced the in-coming administration will quicken the pace of this walk to see a Nigeria that fulfills its destiny to be a great nation. I am confident that I am leaving office with Nigeria better in 2023 than in 2015.” Well… Self-congratulation can either reinforce one’s mental and emotional wellbeing or achieve healing.
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