Order is the first law in heaven. A state of harmony presupposes peace, growth, and development in human society. Fundamentally, the act of politics is to organize societal relations towards achieving institutional order and development.
As the jostling towards the next general elections has begun, opinion leaders and even traditional rulers in the region are known to have started underground work to get the political class to speak with one voice. Names of some indigenes of the area are already being bandied as likely governorship and senatorial aspirants.
Politics, from all perceptions, is to aid development and improve the well-being of the people, but the opposite is the case in the Oke-Ogun area. Although rivalry is one of the features of politics, it should not be unhealthy instead of healthy. As a popular saying goes, ‘Politics is a game of chance’; therefore, all politicians in Oke Ogun need a solid resolution.
Resolution is a firm decision, and with determination, Oke-Ogun will become what they want to become and make themselves one through it. Making a resolution is like candle wax that is still in the liquid state when it is easy to be shaped into any form before it solidifies. Therefore, it is wise to make a resolution now on the region’s position cum 2027 election before it is too late.
When the present administration started in 2019, it seemed to everybody that four/eight years was a long time, but alas year 2027 is just some days away when Nigerians, Oke Ogun people included, will again troop out to elect a set of new leaders and representation. But the question is, ‘Can Oke-Ogun speak in one voice this time around, should the region allow the situation of 2015/2019 and years back to repeat itself in 2027 ?’ Does Oke-Ogun still want to continue to be marginalized? I guess their answer will be NO.
Equity and justice, of course, speak for Oke-Ogun, but the people have a lot of work to do on themselves.
Conclusively, in unity lies the strength of every successful nation. The people of Oke Ogun need to be united, do away with and put aside religious and political sentiment, and also remove from their minds the borders and see themselves as an entity and as an indigene from a space called Oke Ogun, not from Tede, Iseyin, Saki, and others. As this will spur the development of the region and enable educational advancement in the region.
The only song on the lips of sons and daughters of Oke-Ogun now is that ‘Oke Ogun Lokan, nothing but Oke-Ogun,’ and as such, they cannot be subservient to the political machinations of either Ogbomosho or Ibadan again.
Who will save Oke Ogun? Who can best represent Oke Ogun?
Time will tell.
—- Adesina Julius Oluwamayokun writes from Igbeti, Olorunsogo Local Government.
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