{"id":53822,"date":"2016-10-12T04:09:39","date_gmt":"2016-10-12T03:09:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=53822"},"modified":"2016-10-12T04:09:39","modified_gmt":"2016-10-12T03:09:39","slug":"oshiomhole-obaseki-apc-edo-continuity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/articles-opinions\/oshiomhole-obaseki-apc-edo-continuity\/","title":{"rendered":"Oshiomhole, Obaseki, APC and Edo Continuity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By\u00a0Sebastine Ebhuomhan<\/p>\n<p>Edo State Governor-elect, Godwin Obaseki and his Deputy Governor-elect,<br \/>\nHon. Philip Shaibu on Thursday, 6th October, 2016, received their<br \/>\nCertificates of Return.<\/p>\n<p>Held at the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Headquarters<br \/>\nin Benin City, the ceremony cleared the way for the swearing-in of the<br \/>\nGovernor-elect on <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_261153742\"><span class=\"aQJ\">Saturday, 12th November<\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Obaseki, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, scored 319,<br \/>\n483 votes in the election of Wednesday, 28th September while Osagie<br \/>\nIze-Iyamu and John Yakubu of People\u2019s Democratic Party (PDP), scored 253,<br \/>\n173 votes to place second.<\/p>\n<p>With great expectations, Obaseki\u2019s election raises the role of dynamic<br \/>\nleadership to advancement of human development. Indeed, no family,<br \/>\ncommunity, organization, state, nation or society of whatever religion or<br \/>\nfaith attains greatness without effective leadership.<\/p>\n<p>But how do we find or identify dynamic leaders?<\/p>\n<p>Israel faced the challenge at a critical time three men, Samuel, Saul and<br \/>\nDavid, etched their footprints on the sands of time. Actually, history<br \/>\nrecorded two of them in 1st Samuel as dynamic leaders.<\/p>\n<p>A loose confederation of 12 independent tribes, motivated by inspired<br \/>\noccasional leaders, called judges, Israel conquered leadership crisis to<br \/>\ndefeat powerful enemies as Philistines and Egypt.<\/p>\n<p>A prophet, a priest and a warrior, Samuel, became one of the greatest<br \/>\nleaders of Israel and eventually chose Saul and David as kings.<\/p>\n<p>But the entire story of Samuel\u2014his birth, growth, leadership and<br \/>\nanointment of Saul and David\u2014reflect the struggles of Israel and a lesson<br \/>\nthat God\u2019s leaders don\u2019t necessarily come through regular channels.<br \/>\nOtherwise, the wicked sons of Eli should have succeeded their weak father<br \/>\nif God wanted Israel\u2019s corrupt past to continue.<\/p>\n<p>Defying all odds, God picks a leader that suits him.<\/p>\n<p>When Saul\u2019s leadership failed, Samuel overlooked valiant warriors to<br \/>\nanoint David, a shepherd, who transformed Israel into a wealthy and<br \/>\nsecured kingdom, thus showing that the best leadership belongs to God.<\/p>\n<p>While our introduction merely gives an insight into the character of God<br \/>\nfor dynamic leadership, a striking similarity of Edo State to Israel<br \/>\nexists presently.<\/p>\n<p>At this juncture, you should ponder some questions to understand the<br \/>\npersonality of Governor Adams Oshiomhole and character of Governor-elect<br \/>\nObaseki. What are the virtues of dynamic leadership? What are the<br \/>\nqualities that distinguish Comrade Oshiomhole for leadership and recommend<br \/>\nMr. Obaseki for leadership? What are the peculiar problems of Edo State,<br \/>\nNigeria\u2019s Heartbeat?<\/p>\n<p>In his international best seller, 10 Laws of Leadership, motivational<br \/>\nspeaker, Bill Newman, describes \u201cthe leader\u201d as a person of courage (Law<br \/>\n4) and a decision maker (Law 6).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCourage is not the absence of fear; it is the mastery of it.\u201d \u201cCourage is<br \/>\nacting with fear, not without it,\u201d he explains.<\/p>\n<p>On the importance and difficulty of a leader\u2019s decisions, Newman declares,<br \/>\n\u201cYou are a product of your choices. You will become the sum of the little<br \/>\nchoices in life. Not to decide is to decide not to. The leader lives life<br \/>\non the attack.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSuccessful people tend to make decisions quickly and change them rarely,<br \/>\nwhile unsuccessful people tend to make decisions slowly and change them<br \/>\noften. Indecision is often lack of energy. You have the power and the<br \/>\nprivilege of choice.\u201d Newman states.<\/p>\n<p>Right from his days as a member of the Nigerian working class, majority<br \/>\nendorsed Oshiomhole for leadership on the basis of his courage,<br \/>\ndetermination and focus. It is unsurprising today, however, that he is the<br \/>\ntarget of constant and baseless attacks.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Newman listed vision, discipline and wisdom as dynamic leadership<br \/>\nvirtues. He added humility as his fifth; and from 7th to 10th:<br \/>\nfriendships, tact and diplomacy, executive ability, and inspirational<br \/>\npower. It is unarguable also that Governor Oshiomhole displays: courage<br \/>\nagainst challenges, ability for tough decisions and inspirational power<br \/>\nfor tactical and diplomatic negotiations in his public life.<\/p>\n<p>He demonstrated these in the choice of Obaseki and Shaibu as APC flag<br \/>\nbearers as much as in his secretariat of the National Union of Textile,<br \/>\nGarment and Tailoring Workers of Nigeria (NUTGTWN), his presidency of the<br \/>\nNigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and his governorship of Edo State, positions<br \/>\nhe openly engaged negative forces with positive results.<\/p>\n<p>Some political chieftains claimed not to have known or met Obaseki,<br \/>\ndirectly or indirectly, before Oshiomhole\u2019s endorsement. But the situation<br \/>\nmerely served them for the intra-party crisis by fifth columnists, who<br \/>\nsought to destroy APC election chances.<\/p>\n<p>It was not entirely a creation of the fact that Obaseki, a man of<br \/>\ndemeanour, vision, discipline, wisdom, intelligence and understanding, was<br \/>\ndutiful and happily loyal to Oshiomhole, APC, Edo government and people at<br \/>\nthe back seat of limelight; but also a deliberate attempt to force him to<br \/>\nrenounce his aspiration or make him unelectable through avoidable<br \/>\nblunders.<\/p>\n<p>Yet, Obaseki\u2019s humility, modesty and contentment distinguished him as a<br \/>\ndynamic servant-leader with the required credentials for continuity\u2014the<br \/>\nterm that encapsulates good governance, rule of law, social justice,<br \/>\nrights and order, due process, transparency and accountability,<br \/>\ninfrastructure development, empowerment and intangibles of democracy\u2014all<br \/>\nthat has been marking Edo\u2019s identity in the past eight years.<\/p>\n<p>Defending his endorsement of Obaseki before APC leaders, Oshiomhole sought<br \/>\nunderstanding for his partisanship.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat I believe I owe my party is to explain to them the qualities of the<br \/>\ngovernor we require.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believe we need someone who believes in our state; who believes that<br \/>\nEdo State deserves to continue to prosper. I believe we need a governor<br \/>\nwho will see the three senatorial districts as his constituency,<br \/>\nregardless of the senatorial district he comes from.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Although Oshiomhole was pressured by professional, political, religious,<br \/>\ntraditional, and youth leaders and stakeholders of different political<br \/>\nbackgrounds to endorse a worthy successor, he still took responsibility<br \/>\nfor the decision; explaining during campaigns that he endorsed Obaseki<br \/>\nbecause the candidate had no link to Edo State\u2019s corrupt past. Hard to<br \/>\nbelieve; but true, indeed.<\/p>\n<p>Political scientists claimed this strategy sold the candidacy of Obaseki<br \/>\nas the popular choice of voters, compared to the noisy, tainted,<br \/>\ninvestigated, discredited, pretentious and lying candidates of political<br \/>\nparties noted for looting Edo State.<\/p>\n<p>For Obaseki, a man of few words, he is far from what some people think or<br \/>\nsay he is. He understands the needs of Edo people in this journey from a<br \/>\ndestroyed past into an orderly future. He promises good governance as the<br \/>\nmeans of retaining Government House for APC in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>By announcing his resolution to exclude opposition from his inaugural<br \/>\ngovernment, Obaseki has indicated that he is a man of courage. What he now<br \/>\nseeks is the total support of Edo people. He asks in his own words.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the last seven and a half years, I have been an integral part of this<br \/>\nadministration and I am proud to say that I am also one of the foundation<br \/>\nmembers when the party came into being in the state. I understand the<br \/>\nterrain perfectly; both politically and otherwise. I am not a neophyte in<br \/>\nthis business.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs you are aware, we have accomplished quite a lot, even beyond the<br \/>\nimagination of many because of the leadership provided by our governor. As<br \/>\nhis tenure is coming to an end, I am sure it is also your hope that we<br \/>\ndon\u2019t lose all the advantages we have gained to make us the dominant party<br \/>\nin Edo State.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy interest in becoming the Governor of Edo State is to continue the<br \/>\nachievements which we have accomplished to date.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On why he lived at the background for too long, Obaseki says he was just<br \/>\nhappy to make his contributions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCertainly, I was among the first and I will say that I paid to serve.<br \/>\nSecondly, I thought that I would just come in and help organize things and<br \/>\ngo back to what I was doing. But as chairman of the Economic Team, I<br \/>\nrealized that what we had anticipated that existed in government did not<br \/>\nexist.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy aim at that point was not to become a political appointee. So, to that<br \/>\nextent I didn\u2019t feel that I had to be in front. I was just there to<br \/>\nsupport and help the Comrade-Governor achieve the goals he had set out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe looked at decisions and issues dispassionately and the truth is that<br \/>\nwithin the first two, three years, I had no interest in politics. I didn\u2019t<br \/>\nsee myself dealing with the intrigues, subterfuge and others.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have been part of what we built in the last seven years. I cannot<br \/>\ndistance myself from any major policy of Governor Oshiomhole. I can only<br \/>\nextend and improve on what he has done,\u201d the Governor-elect says.<\/p>\n<p>Obaseki\u2019s biggest challenge came from his own family, from where Mr. Don<br \/>\nPedro unsuccessfully tackled him in APC before offering himself to PDP as<br \/>\na tool to abuse the candidate. Obaseki calmly ignored Don Pedro and<br \/>\nfocused on his campaign of \u201cclean politics\u201d with a resolve to bear no<br \/>\ngrudge and animosity towards anyone.<\/p>\n<p>Considering that the peaceful manner Edo governorship held did not form<br \/>\nthe focus of social discourse, mainstream media and social media, compared<br \/>\nto past bloodbaths in South-south, I commend President Muhammadu Buhari<br \/>\nand the security agencies for ensuring that no single life was lost<br \/>\nbefore, during and after the election.<\/p>\n<p>Also, INEC deserves our encouragement for organizing unarguably the<br \/>\nfreest, fairest and most credible election in Edo State since its creation<br \/>\nin 1991. No election is perfect. Going by the outcry of inducement of<br \/>\nvoters by parties that contested Edo election, subsequent elections should<br \/>\nimprove on it.<\/p>\n<p>The election of Godwin Nogheghase Obaseki is a vote for Governor<br \/>\nOshiomhole\u2019s development stride and a vote for continuity of APC\u2019s good<br \/>\ngovernance. There is no victor or vanquished. While the sportsmanship of<br \/>\ncandidates that accepted the results is worthy of emulation, aggrieved<br \/>\ncandidates could help to deepen democracy by seeking justice at the<br \/>\ntribunal instead of embarking on protests.<\/p>\n<p>For those in doubt of Obaseki\u2019s leadership promise to create jobs, the<br \/>\nGovernor-elect assures, \u201cI am new and I am bringing new things with me. I<br \/>\ncome from a background of working in institutions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe first innovation I want to introduce as the governor is the use of<br \/>\nICT, to move it up much higher so that we can get a lot more efficiency<br \/>\nfrom the little money we have. And the other thing I want to do is to<br \/>\nfocus mostly on what government should do to provide enabling environment<br \/>\nfor private sector to thrive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will dedicate a lot more of my time to bring private investments into<br \/>\nthe state,\u201d he assures.<\/p>\n<p>God bless Godwin Obaseki! God bless Edo State!! God bless Nigeria!!!<\/p>\n<p>Sebastine Ebhuomhan is an award-winning journalist and former<br \/>\ncorrespondent for The Anchor Newspapers, Independent Newspapers, Punch<br \/>\nNewspapers, 234NEXT Newspapers and National Mirror Newspapers. He lives in<br \/>\nBenin City. 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