Of 1976
Emerged from East Central state of old
With much pomp and expectations
Following the genocidal decimation
Of Ndigbo few years previous
Over her life and times
From inception to the present
Few leaders have risen to the occasion
To inspire and deliver with integrity
Exemplified rarely in
Ndubuisi Kanu
And De Sam Mbakwe PhD
The wind of uncertainty is blowing again
Since 2011
With the state bedevilled by Rescue Agenda
Masked as quintessential blueprint
For a leader claiming to be coasted by gale
force wind
Even on the doldrums where storms are rare
For a people so beaten and expectation so
mangled
Sweet words and media sound bits shot on
all cylinders
As Rescue Agenda meanders against structures
Processes and workflows
Promising all to be delivered within the
same time frame
Seems like telling fibs to all at the same
time
Fissures of despair rise like flames of
fire
Naked for all to see like stubborn youthful
pregnancy
An embarrassment for a loyal and proud
people
That insecurity metamorphosed into industry
Unemployment massaged with diligence
While transparency is decapitated
As hope declines
The common denominator holds sway
Corruption
Abuse of public resources and state asset
take precedence
In no contrast to other states in the
depressing Nigeria
Sadly for all the blessings and endowments
Ndi Imo
Are condemned to feeble governance
Devoid of real strategy and foresight
Just short term moves to blindside majority
A cushion for promoting corruption
Whether it is in Owerri
Orlu
And Okigwe
The plot is no different
Except that current beneficiaries admit
their opportunity
To share in the windfall
Legal or illegal is not the subject
In full knowledge that all Imolites are
victims
Of a paralysed entity
With moribund lawmakers bordered only by
the size of their per diem
A justice system too slow and fast only to
the highest bidder
As for the executive
No different from inundated pot of
tasteless soup
Consuming volumes of scarce firewood with
disinterest
Ndi Imo are not blind
Individually and collectively
Knowing that Rescue Agenda will pass into
oblivion
That hope nevertheless abounds
Corruption will not last forever
Or mark the state forever
Till that day when an untainted soul
finally take the reins in Owerri
© 20/06/2012
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