When statesmen are missing in action
Considering the enormity of the challenges confronting governance in Nigeria and the strenuous commitment of President Muhammadu Buhari to brave the odds and remain undeterred in providing responsible leadership, what an awesome difference it would make if our most prominent elder statesmen – Yakubu Gowon, Olusegun Obasanjo, Ibrahim Babangida, TY Danjuma and Abubakar Abdulsalaam – individually and sincerely resolve to partner with President Buhari in the herculean task of overcoming the...
Apart from these civic obligations, these gentlemen and officers are additionally enjoined by professional persuasion to uphold the bond of esprit de corps that commits them to stand by each other as comrades, in or out of uniform, in the national interest. This bond is particularly overriding in expressing and exhibiting unalloyed loyalty, not just to the fatherland, but also to the Commander-in-Chief, as the symbol of professional and national leadership, as the case may be.
General Yakubu Gowon remains the standard bearer in consistent commitment to the national interest exemplified by persistent preachment of unity, peaceful co-existence, nationalism, ethical values, respect for constituted authority, law and order, good governance and Godliness.
No one need telling of the status of General TY Danjuma on the elder statesmanship arena because he has withdrawn from the obligation to maintain esprit de corps and demonstrate loyalty to the Commander-in-Chief, especially in trying times, that Nigerians expect of him.
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