Permit me to borrow the words of John Mason “Humility is a viteous of a great leader grafted in the vision of who he is loyal to for achieving aims and objectives,bringing out purpose as a driving wheels to high attitudes of people’s destinies”.As the common adage says “Royalty pays”, Yes it does but I am really sceptical to the affirmative adage that is having a general and wider acceptance in public usage of the term. I totally agreed it does pays but on self enrichment,personal and self gratification,Many have the general notion and acceptance of the terms (Loyalty pays) to only defends their desires and wishes in life.
It is actually a connotation of a pay back to any loyal person on ground of personal benefits,some stack in their loyalty probably on what the person knows he can be settled back. Many fake loyalty , making it an eye service of a thing, of course being hypocritical to the detriment of many followers.
Unlike this Man that owned a God given form of loyalty and Humility.This great virtue of leadership quality is seen in a Man called gentle and humble Bala Barnabas Bantex the Deputy Governor of Kaduna State.
Bantex as is popularly known will be best described as the Biblical humble Moses whose great virtuous of humility has earned him a name as the most ” Meekest Man on earth”, probably I will be given the opportunity to say that Bantex is the Meekest,humble Deputy Governor in the country with all sense of followership to his principal Governor in the country.
You may want to dispute my aguement, but permit me to say the following reasons you may as well be convinced is my argument are from facts point of view.
Before assuming the present office, Bala was a grass root politician from Kaura LGA in the Southern part Kaduna state where he was elected the Chairman of the area base on his loyalty and sense of ingenuity of good leadership qualities noticed by his kinsmen until his leaving he served the people of Kaura with impeccable records.
Barnabas has never adore the then ruling party (PDP) to either be part or identify them he chooses to be a politician with an opposition ideologies through out his political Journey ,a character of Loyalty and good service to his people the took him to National Assembly to represent them.
Being a lover of his people Barnabas on many occasions reminded the good people of Southern Kaduna whom he served on two consecutive terms voicing out their pleads at the National Assembly (House of Representative) and i quote that “what he has and will ever have is for the people”.
Even when he served as a lawmaker in the green chambers, Bala sees himself as the property of his people, a using instrument in the hand of a willing user.
With many Bills he enacted in to laws which time will not permit me to expatiate, but in his nature as a humble man he does not want to blow off his trumpet,rather in that regard, he will always want to attends to his people’s needs.
His choice as the deputy Governor of Kaduna state is a wisdom many are appraising the decision taken by one of the most outstanding Governor in the country, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai to have Bala as a progressive partner in bringing faster development in the state.
His pragmatics nature and strict to ideology of change mantra has distinguished him with any politician in Southern Kaduna state
His attitude as a visionary leader, always walking closer to his principal leader (El-Rufai), the Bala always smell and itch for assignments not minding the tasking nature of it, his believe is that they are called to serve and he does not have any excuse not to so
Observe him in a function, the only thing that will make you realise his presence is his smiling face, the Man that you will hardly see when is in an angry mode. Recently People beginning to nickname him as “Mr Smile”, a character that portrays the goodness of a personality.
Visit Mr Bala during official hours, believe you me he has an apt listening ear to every discussion not minding who says what, all he does , he give you all the time with his good listening ear to deduce wisdom from it. To him there is sense to every none sense- what a good leader.
Indeed every humble man is certainly a hard working Man, if you are close to any aide of him they will tell you the Man Martin is a 24hours productive working Man that believe on hardworking is a key to breakthrough.
My fears and worries about the perceived loyalty of the Humble Bantex is his touched concern on the indiscriminate and senseless killings of locals,villagers and people from the Southern Kaduna axis.
Does Bala talk and speak on favor of our people? If he does, can we rate to say it does counts and his voice heard? If not, if not I’m afraid to say that indeed it is actually a”BLIND LOYALTY ”
Tom Garba writes from :
Garun Kurama -Saminaka
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