{"id":36672,"date":"2015-03-09T22:04:29","date_gmt":"2015-03-09T21:04:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=36672"},"modified":"2015-03-09T22:04:29","modified_gmt":"2015-03-09T21:04:29","slug":"chief-ahmed-bola-tinubu-opposite-symbol-positive-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/articles-opinions\/chief-ahmed-bola-tinubu-opposite-symbol-positive-change\/","title":{"rendered":"Chief Ahmed Bola Tinubu as an opposite &#8211; symbol of positive change"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>By Dr. Paul Mamza<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I hate fakes in my life. \u00a0I have never tolerated them and will never. My entire life was vested in the opposition in order to bring about succor to the underprivileged, to the poor, and to the victims of injustices and corrupt regimes of suppressive leadership who see themselves as God and supreme representatives on earth, corrupt leaderships that relegated the basic concept of participatory democracy and collective governance. Unfortunately, my spirit is dampened ferociously with the adoption of Chief Ahmed Bola Tinubu as the opposition\u2019s national leader. Nothing can be so absurd and preposterous in self \u2013aggrandizement in an open market square of deceit and grandstanding apotheosis. The antecedent of Chief Ahmed Bola Tinubu showed the contrary and opposite of what the positive change any reasonable Nigerian will yearn for.\u00a0 I look for the meaning of change in many dictionaries and find a direct opposite of Tinubu\u2019s versions of advocated positive change.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">For a man known for, as reported, doubted origin, doubted certificates, doubted rise to fame and outrageous politicking of self-aggrandizement to secure a comfort zone for more self-protectionism and self-preservation not minding any future deteriorating national bleakness is so bad of an assessment of a positive change. For a man \u00a0\u00a0who has been reportedly being a ring leader in all aspect of corruption ranging from money laundering, to falsification and forgery, it is like robot-guiding me to accept a gambling of a treacherous gang of \u00a0tribe of ravaging rogues as a better bet for national recovery or recourse. When matters of politics are begging for answers, it is irrational and debasingly illogical both in aptness and pragmatic panacea for an impressive dialogue of national consciousness and renaissance to move along Tinubu\u2019s line of action.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Opposition politics is tailored all over the world to bring about an alternative for a ruinous <em>status quo<\/em> but the change, Chief Tinubu is canvassing in his recent political <em>volte face<\/em> is nothing but a dangerous political manipulation to drive further the country into a comfort zone of misery, self-interment of fortune building \u00a0and disastrous threat\u00a0 to accountability in governance. It is therefore a desideratum for any rational mind to ponder a while, assess the fairy-tales of flurry of political campaigns being bandied around as a political alternative so as to remove the chaff from the grain. No unmerited favour should be misplaced, nor will darkness be mistaken for a light.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Chief Ahmed Bola Tinubu represent the opposite symbol of positive change because positive change has no counterfeit and hence, people like Tinubu should not deceive us with a terminology that is not in their personal dictionaries.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Dr. Mamza ,an Associate Professor,writes from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. Nigeria .<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Dr. Paul Mamza I hate fakes in my life. \u00a0I have never tolerated them and will never. 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