Edo Agenda 2024! The Mantra Of The More You Look The Less You See

By Osayogie Osata Raphael

April 2, 2024

All internal wranglings should be intact! very sacrosanct and expedient, irrespective of the political party you belong to.

The election of September 21,2024 is a Mantra of "The more you look,the less you see".It is going to be based strategies,door-to-door political manifestos, unification and combine effort.I may not be a seer, but I am highly clairvoyant socially and mentally.Some believe in national power,some believe they own INEC, some believe in rigging from above,some believe without campaigns or engaging in Radio and Television sessions by interviewers they still have edge based on national ruling party power.All these, will be cut short like a mirage as an optical illusion that is baseless,bleak,ludicrous and vague.If God dey for man wey sabi,nobody can be against him.

In Economics, amongst the four factors of production, the reward for labour is *WAGES*. Dr. Asue Ighodalo political circumnavigation and voyage no matter the hue and cry from all nooks and crannies will be absolutely rewarded. He has what it takes to herald us to Osadebey Avenue come September 21, 2024.

Dr.Asue is near 💯 percent efficient and proficient of not making references negatively to other governorship candidates.He preaches his political sermon by absolute inclusion.He wants to carry everyone along, including all aggrieved PDP top-notch personalities.

I am not driving from the angle of political sentiment but from a fixated REALITIES.

These above statements seem highly counterproductive, ambivalent,eccentric and mutually exclusive.But these are facts and not hypothesis or political theories.

There are three circles of Influence; Family, Friend and Workplace.Politics cuts across all the aforementioned circles of influence.Politics is a subset of all the circles of Influence.Where there are internal wranglings, there should be subtle settlement immediately. Let us get to the crux of the matter or the nitty-gritty of the issue.

Ideally,reconciliation:refers to a situation or condition of non-existent, mutually acceptable co-existence when former enemies come to re-envision one another. It can emanate from the various circle of influence;family, friendship,work place for emphasis.

Reconciliation prevents, once and for all,the use of the past as the seed of renewed conflict.It consolidates peace, breaks the cycle of violence and strengthens newly established or reintroduced democratic institutions.In practice such all-encompassing reconciliation is not easy to realize.It is not an isolated act,but a constant readiness to leave the ideology of violence and fear behind. It is also not an event but a process,and as such usually a difficult process and not an event,long and unpredictable one, involving various steps and stages especially in PDP and other political parties as an enclave to unification.

The reconciliation process is not a linear one in PDP as perceived.At each stage a relapse back into more violent means of dealing with conflicts is always a real possibility and the stages do not always follow logically after each other in any set order.There are three stages for political party reconciliation 1: Replacing fear by non-violent coexistence; 2:Building confidence and trust;3:Developing empathy.

Coexistence, trust and empathy develop between factions in a party who are connected as either victims, beneficiaries and perpetrators.All these will soon become bad debts to be written off.Faster reconciliation can foster unity in all ramifications. According to Late Awolowo,there is unity in diversity.

As I delve into the vast expanse of history, a timeless truth echoes through the ages, encapsulated in the ancient Greek adage: "Whom the gods destroy, they first make him physically, psychologically and mentally disgruntled and incapacitated for a better or refine terminology.This profound wisdom, embraced by philosophers like Euripides,finds its resonance in the annals of time,cautioning that those destined for destruction often succumb to the insidious grip of mental instability and incapacitation.It's a sentiment that transcends epochs, reverberating in biblical verses that forewarn against the perils of pride,foreseeing its intimate association with downfall if PDP as one family does not take a swift and proactive steps.This is because the more active opposition party will use it and become more resilient during any electoral process. Especially,the governorship election that will take place on September 21, 2024.

Drawing from the wellspring of Yoruba wisdom,a poignant proverb emerges: the persistent vibration of a drum heralds its impending demise.This powerful metaphor, rich in symbolism, seamlessly weaves into the intricate narrative of contemporary politics, where some of the top- notch PDP personalities are taking the stage of the spoiler's role.

As Obaseki has accepted to make sacrifices for progress in Edo PDP, will the other top-notch PDP personalities also make concessions? Else,their political negative ideologies will now be so intractable,arduous and boorish.This can impact negatively to the ruling party in Edo State.

Instinctively, if the envisioned political turncoats are not ready for reconciliation based on personal or collective motives,the onus is on them to be left behind. PDP as a political party is matching forward. Forward ever,backward never.More strategies, more intuitive competence,more perceptive values, more intellectual positive mindset,less of derelicts or political dereliction, less of political and social incompetence and less of lukewarmness in all round party affairs. With these checks and balances,we should be politically, mentally and socially institutionalized to promote our dear PDP party in all nooks and crannies of Edo and across the state.

Some should devoid being a political turncoat🤢😔 and take integrity as their watchword,so that we can work assiduously for the victory of the PDP in Edo State come September 21,2024.

Finally, in due course, we hope PDP as a team or as one family will be more formidable, tenacious for structured political consolidation.

Remember,when a house is divided the opposition parties may likely take full advantage.Enough is enough for the WISE.

*A Wise Man Is Pro-active And An Unreasonable Man Is Physically Vindictive And Re-active*

*Osayogie Osata Raphael Is A Public Affair Analyst, Reporting From His Local Residence In Oredo Local Government Axis*