MACAIRE, THE RIGHT MAN FOR THE JOB

2019 : IKONO/INI HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Macaire, the right man for the job...

The biggest problems of our development as a nation has been that most of our politicians are stuck to medieval ideologies, ideas and policies, refusing to adapt to change, and always hoping to solve problems with formulas that worked in the times when Fela Kuti still played Saxophone and Joseph Dosu still manned the Green Eagles' Goal.

Real life situations are not fixed like Mathematical Formulas where S = D/T or π = 22/7 remains constant.

In real life, each scenario requires a fresh approach, a well thought out remedy plan and execution strategy. You can't maintain the same speed on a particular route and expect the journey to get shorter nor can you press a button and get a specific result when dealing with complex behaviours or situations.

There is basically no one right solution that applies to all conditions.
Most Politicians are so firmly convinced that their ideas are in the best interest of the people they claim to serve, even when these ideas seem to emanate from borrowed playbooks of failed Governments of the medieval times. Bereft of fresh ideas, they canvass for support and amass enough voters power to gain them Victory at the polls, only for us to realize that all those long hours of queuing under the scorching sun waiting to exercise our franchise were wasted on ingrates

Time has come when Logical reasoning should be matched with Strategic Planning and buckled with Effective Execution. Gone are the days when our choice of Leaders are solely based on how sweet they make their policies sound but how realistic their bogus policies are. Time has come when representing Ikono/Ini Federal constituency should be saddled on those that are not just aware of the present situations but have workable plans on how to get us out of the muddy gullies and stagnant lakes of retrogression.

Every choice we have made in the past have fetched us more cold than warmth, and those we have previously given the mandate to represent us have only smiled to us from the other side of the divide. Their silence and inactions have denied us rights and privileges that should be ours. In a time like this we are extra careful in making a choice because we know that what we choose now will stay with us for the Next four years, and the effects of their policies, actions and inaction can haunt us for many generations to come.

Effective representation has not always been about being so eloquent in grammar, enough to receive deafening applause that would collapse the sounds of those pressing questions of the Electorate that need to be addressed. Representing Ikono/Ini federal constituency at the Green Chambers, requires more than the guts to stand for our rights, the voice to speak for us, having the right policies and the strategies to handle the diplomacy of lobbying in our favor.

It requires you to be able to make certain important and necessary choices on our behalf; choices that would position our constituency on the path of Quality and affordable Education for our children, Poverty Alleviation, Youth Empowerment, SMEs Growth, a wonderful living standard for both the young and old and other basic amenities.

We may never know what our choices would bring. All we can do is hope that the smartest and most sincere persons are making them, and politicians like Obong Emmanuel Ukpong-udo are the smartest and most sincere ones at our disposal.

Macaire, like every other politician has an ambition but unlike most politicians the aspirations of the people are the bedrock of his ambitions, he does not only understand the political terrain, he also has the political, and psychological compass to navigate Ikono/Ini federal Constituency to the destination of informed and reformed representation at the National Assembly.

It is high time Ikono/Ini federal Constituency join the National Parlance effectively as an active voice, and a Voice like Obong Emmanuel Ukpong-udo Will not just be Loud but clear enough to speak our choices in the tone that will bring positive results to our constituency.

Let's allow a Policy Maker speak; let's allow Obong Emmanuel Ukpong-udo Act.

Amb. Umoudo s Umoudo