IF I CAN

There are few individual that matter to my life and they really make sense to my living, hope, aspiration, dream and destiny. Men like Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Mohandas Gandhi, Dr. Nelson Mandela, Dr. Tunde Bakare, Dr. Mysles Munroe, Chief Gani Fawehinmi and few others. I draw my inspiration from these men and part of their visions, ambition and aspiration I also sheared.

If I can see any one of them, I will love to stay around them.

If I am looking for model and mentor, I will simply pick these noble men.

If I can see my future, it is through the spectacles of these men

If I want to be serious, it is because they are

If I want to be relevant and be significant, it is because these men are.

If I can build a house for them, I will build a mansion for each of them.

If I can write, I will write volume of books on these notable men.

If I can be part of the educational system in Nigeria, I will put the life, time, visions, dreams, aspiration and ambition of these great in the curriculum for students to learn.

If I can do my duty as a Christian ought

If I can spread the message as the master taught

If I can love people the way Christ love the humanity to the extent of laying down His life for the human race then my living is not in vain.

If I can help somebody as I pass along

If I can cheer somebody with my words or songs

If I can show somebody that he is traveling wrong then my living is not in vain.

If I can see my values, dreams, aspirations, principles transfer to my children, friends and people who have pass through my tutelage and they all walk in them, then my living is not in vain.

If I can see New Nigeria of my dream

If I can see my native land line up among the comity of nations

If I can see oppression, injustice, killing, corruption, evil, looting of treasury, unrighteousness exterminated in this nation, and then my living is not in vain.

If I can see Nigeria students pass through examination without malpractices

If I can see officials of the examination bodies comply with the rules of the game and sanitize the system, then my living is not in vain.

If I can see again free and fair election conducted in this nation again,

If I can see election conducted in Nigeria without killing, fighting, looting and manipulation of votes, then my living is not in vain.

If we can all stand and fight for our right

If I can see Nigerians demand for accountability, justice and equity, then my living is not in vain

If I can see Nigeria of my dream, where there is justice, equality, accountability, prize control, consumer protection, labour good welfare package, child protection, high value of naira, availability of social security, desire level of productivity, adequate wages that is enough for the workers and their family, then my living is not in vain.

If I can see a New Nigeria where the electorate votes count, where citizen determine who should be their leaders, where people can demand for their right, come together to build the nation, then my living is not in vain.