Finally the day is here. It’s been long coming. Painfully, the woman who sowed the seed is not around to harvest the fruits. However, Iya Oloja, Habibat Mogaji, in her world beyond, will turn with pride and a smile, in fulfillment. It was her who took young Bola to the foot of brilliant politicians like the Dan Masanin Kano, Alhaji Maitama Sule, The legendary Aminu Kano and other great politicians of yore because she saw greatness in the child.
These Nigerians have surrendered their Mandates to You. That’s the meaning in that song. That’s the burden that you must carry. For the type of belief the people have in you, you must satisfactorily carry their burden. Over two hundred million burdens. What makes it a huge task, is the burden of belief they have in you.
Remember you have no Godfather. You are your own Godfather and not answerable to anyone but yourself and millions of Nigerians who gave you their trust. You have come from outside the circle of the Kingmakers believed to be “the owners of Nigeria” and crowned yourself King. So you must expect a fight back from them. You must expect that every step you take will be infested with booby traps.
I don’t believe you must hit the ground running Sir. That will be too slow for today’s Nigeria. You must come out flying , Your Excellency. Hitting the ground has the tendency to incapacitate and could delay the running Sir, please don’t hit the ground, it could be dangerous, just fly out and make sure you have in your company, very competent flight attendants.