A plebiscite leadership will always tower above tributing mediocrity. This is an irrefutable presumption of fact. Structures thrive when the actors building, sustaining the process are more than those pulling same down with chatterboxes, frail loyalty, scandal sheets, conditional support and kpobone-kpobone-styled politics. I am opinionated on this issue for reasons.

1. Patriotism.
2. A well researched hypothesis.
3. A recipe for sustainable leadership.
4. Somebody should speak it.
5. For somebody to act on it.

For the records, some of us learnt, from a thorough institutional player. The schooling was comprehensive and exhaustive. Fact-check.
During the first and second republic, Awolowo had significant following in Western Nigeria especially among the Yoruba people. Notable among them was Chief Bola Ige, Chief Adekunle Ajasin, Chief Abraham Adedoyin, Alhaji Lateef Jakande to mention but a few. Awolowo’s ideologies and policies such as free Education, Cocoa Industial Revolution, Health and Road Infrastructure were contributions from key allies like Chief S. I Awokoya, Chief Adegoke Adelabu etc yet they all worked under the umbrella of AG.
Their relationship was more like a situation room within the south west. It all snowballed into a think-tank. Their legacies are very visible and still being built upon in Western Nigeria.

We also had political wingers like Chief SL Akintola who did not fully align with Awolowo’s policies. Infact Akintola later formed an alliance with Northern Peoples congress. (NPC). Chief Bode Thomas and Chief Remi Fani-Kayode as well disagreed with some of Awolowo’s policies at some point yet a common ground was reached without denigrating Awolowos leadership.

The biggest challenge of any system is having a crop of whisperers, self serving state and non state actors parading as loyal henchmen. This is still very prevalent in our system especially within appointees at state and federal level. Unfortunately, some of these elements never supported the present status quo abinitio. They didnt hide their disdain for H/E Sheriff Oborevwori then. Exhausted after severe mischief, they now pound morsels of gossips to keep shortchanging those who professed “Na Sheriff” abnitio. “Anyone that destroys people to stay relevant will someday destroy that full leadership just to remain relevant within another system” Fact-check. Again.

The much awaited cohesion within the politcal space can be sustained with utmost sincerity of purpose built on intentional support and not fair weather patriotism.
There should be genuine leverage for all willing actors to play politics in good conscience or as prodigals.
Characters that didn’t support a policy making process cannot better implement such policies. The best a follower can do for leadership is to make more friends for the system. We cannot continue on the road to Damascus. What a leader listens to is key as it forms the the bullwork or nexus of his disposition. Supporting leadership means helping to manage sensibilities.
A system cannot continue managing liabilities when it can forestall such conduct abinitio. Some state actors are not sincere to the Governor. It is important to note that at Intra party politics, the stakes will be raised.
Some actors are working hard. Those pulling down the system have their plan B, which is misrepresenting the system for another system. Again, we are proactive enough to trace steps in Abuja! We know them. We see them, We hear them. Deltans cannot trust people who sold and still selling allies, their bosses to gain relevance. Capacity without conscience and humanity is but a candle in the wind. Its not sustainable.
The Govt can embrace true reconciliation through constructive engagements, less propaganda aimed at marketing government policies. The enemies of the system are in the system.