The altruistic tenderness of a man is highly determined by the compassionate weight of his heart on the scale of sincerity”.Politically, today , many in pretence act-up compassion to buy love or political votes, capitalizing on the public hunger for a leader sensitive to the plights of the people. Lavishing vague promises in a near perfect act of concealing the monster within them as they frolic with the majority commoners to achieve their aim.
The leadership bridge-destroying attitude, which also is a society killing weapon of, “once at the top; liaising with the bottom becomes cumbersome”, gradually, is becoming a norm in our society. Today’s leaders, once at the top, prefer to burn the ladder they used in climbing up, forgetting that someday it will be needed to aide a heroic climb down, little wonder most of them end up crash landing!
To decide to lead a people requires understanding, attachment and interactions. Much more, it requires spiritual guidance. The ability to see far and take quick decisive steps, which involve all forms of leadership, be it the monarch or political form of leadership.
Though folktales may try to paint diverse impressions of the character of a monarch leader (a king or a prince), some wicked some kindhearted. But coming across a king or prince with an open heart for his people is rare. This makes this Mbeari-born Prince completely exceptional. He is a leader that carries the touch of the people everywhere he goes. Coming from a very challenging background, he has refused to forget his roots. Holding strong tenets that abide by humanitarian values, Prince Eze Madumere (His Excellency), the Deputy Governor Imo state, is gradually conveying us to the original definition of leadership and what it represents, just like his boss, Owelle Rochas Okorocha, is doing.
Unusual of a typical Nigerian politician, Eze Madumere’s 49th birthday was characterized with a mixture of emotions and compassion. Denying his status the opportunity of making a loud political statement by celebrating his birthday the political way. He preferred to share himself with the under-privileged ones at the Red Cross home in Owerri and inmates at the Owerri prison.
It was a day like no other. A day that staffs of the Office of the Governor attested to the leadership mercuriality of His Excellency Prince Eze Madumere, which they say has brought a redefining change to their welfare, confirmable through the resounding chorus of “yes it is true”, in affirmation to questions that sought clarity on the positive efforts of the Deputy Governor concerning their welfare. Everyone had something good to say about him, though it is common in this part of the world to face-praise and back-stab, but there was something really different about this case. One could feel the sincerity attached to the encomiums showered on our Prince.
True to his nature, we headed first to the Red Cross home, an experience that left a memorable edifice in the hearts of all present. His Excellency, the Prince, was virtually setting an example of leadership founded on love and care (Matthew 25:35-40). On that fateful day, he supplied the children with so much comfort and well-being. Engaging what and whom he had around him in a fund raising spree for the Red Cross home, which ran into millions of naira, including donating a brand new ambulance bus, that some would ordinarily have used to achieve political points elsewhere. It really was emotion-electrifying to see the children cuddled round him in gratitude to a father who they must say has refused to forget them regardless his current position as the Deputy Governor!
Though, due to an unavoidable federal engagement assigned to him by His Excellency Owelle Rochas Okorocha, his visitations was cut short to enable him catch a quick flight, but like George Elliot said: “what do we live for, if not to make life less difficult for each other”. Prince Eze Madumere’s long arm of good-will still got across the inmates at the Owerri prisons, a show of Great Spirit if one must say, especially putting into considerations that he was once incarcerated while fighting a just course for the good of Imo.
For me, as a writer, a Youth activist and an apostle of Owelle’s rescue drive, it is not about praise-singing Prince Eze Madumere, but more of acknowledging, appreciating and encouraging the good works of a man. As His Excellency Owelle Rochas Okorocha developmentally marches forward, it is only practicable for his Deputy to follow suit in order to keep up to the pace of his boss.
The Prince talks less but certainly his heart radiates a people-ignited excitement that sees his essence of living activate with every ounce of energy the realization of a people’s expectation of Government!
In a stint of successive celebration galore, few days after his birthday, he attained 100 days in Office as a Deputy Governor. If it was marked, I wouldn’t know. That day was like any other working day for him. Congratulations kept coming, most of which laid emphasis on the humility of the Prince. Understanding his ingenuous reaction to his 100 days in Office, I believe he simply wanted to play down the mood of the moment in order to speed up his concentration on his duty as Imo state Deputy Governor.
All said and done, a hundred days in Office has gone by. The positive impact of the Prince speaks, and is still speaking, let us savor it while it last, as we also endeavor to pray for him. Long live the Prince! Long live Owelle! Long live Imo! Long live Nigeria!
IKECHUKWU GILBERT
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