After 37 long years wielding the sceptre, Robert Mugabe finally succumbed to Military pressure and resigned. Generations of Zimbabweans rejoiced to see him go. BBC reports: “a man fell to his knees and raised his arms to the sky. A young woman, wrapped in the national flag, shouted: “Do you see this, you guys? Do you see this? It is history in the making.”
Mugabe, however, is not the only dictator Africa needs to rid itself of. There’s Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, President of Equatorial Guinea, who’s ruled since 1979; José Eduardo dos Santos, President of Angola, who’s also ruled the country like his private family business 38 years now. There’s also Omar Al-Bashir, President of Sudan who seized power in 1989, Paul Biya of Cameroon, who has his ministers bow to him and who’s had his country by the throat 35 years now; Yoweri Museveni, President of Uganda, who has held sway since 1986. and finally Denis Sassou-Nguesso of the Republic of Congo, who’s ruled for a nonconsecutive period of 38 years.
That’s six African President-dictatorships that need to be crumbled fast.
Sigh.
But how do the Mugabe’s and Museveni’s of this world come about? And how can the sickness they are inflicted with be avoided? BBOG activist Oby Ezekwesili tells us:
Circumspection is needed. There are also young Mugabes. They carry the Mugabe DNA regardless of their age and are deadlier. Africa has plenty of them. We have them here too. Here means not just in Nigeria but right here on Twittersville.
Stay WOKE, #Zimbabweans???— Oby Ezekwesili (@obyezeks) November 22, 2017
My heartfelt prayer for our sisters and brothers in #Zim is that they don’t squander this HISTORICAL opportunity to Reset their Nation Building process. This is almost like a Second Independence of #Zimbabweans. Please STAY WOKE & effectively use your #OfficeOfTheCitizen???
— Oby Ezekwesili (@obyezeks) November 22, 2017
President Robert Mugabe descended from being one of my own Generation’s Hero to becoming less than Zero for our children’s Generation. A man who FOUGHT for & lit the Independence Light for #Zim is today widely derided for DESTROYING it. Young Leaders? Get #SelfDiscipline. GET IT.
— Oby Ezekwesili (@obyezeks) November 22, 2017
Any Leader who lacks the capacity to #SelfRegulate will become carried away by the Hubris of Power and ultimately become a type of Mugabe. We must all learn to self-regulate our Appetite FOR EVERYTHING. Self-Discipline is the greatest Tool a Leader can possess. GET IT. Keep it!
— Oby Ezekwesili (@obyezeks) November 22, 2017
Self- Discipline is a tool that INTRINSICALLY REGULATES a Leader. It makes a Leader able to walk away from even the “sweetest” of conditions. Self-Discipline INOCULATES the Leaders against becoming a SLAVE to Power, its frills and thrills. Get Self-Discipline, folks. GET IT.
— Oby Ezekwesili (@obyezeks) November 22, 2017
Have you ever heard people who knew or thought they knew a person before they ascended a position of Leadership say:”This is NOT the same XYZ I used to know” ?
They’re wrong! The “new” XYZ is same old one without the SELF-DISCIPLINE that being Powerful mandates. GET IT. Keep it!— Oby Ezekwesili (@obyezeks) November 22, 2017
Wisdom of Leadership comes from having a reverential fear of God. Complement it with Self-Discipline and you have a complete Accountability triangle to keep you safe from careering off into the intoxicating grips of Power. ?✍?
— Oby Ezekwesili (@obyezeks) November 22, 2017
The Zimbabweans have shown the WAY! ??
I see our neighbors Cameroonians and Equatorial Guineans LOADING……
Come of folks, get a Technical Assistance from the Zims NOW!
Become WOKE.????— Oby Ezekwesili (@obyezeks) November 22, 2017
I hope our own politicians of the ABC and BTB genre are following what is going on in Zimbabwe. You cannot hold the people down forever. You have all proven that our problem is not the acronym of your Parties. The people have seen and heard clearly. Una well done & goodbye.✍?
— Oby Ezekwesili (@obyezeks) November 22, 2017
Dear Zimbabwe
You have the land. You have education. Please flourish… The potential for you to be the greatest African nation is ripe.#MugabeResigns— Funi Mudau (@ThatGirlFuni) November 21, 2017
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