Why Prof. Osinbajo must satisfy his conscience always

For those of us privileged to have listened to Commander Ebenezer Obey in his hay day, these lyrics were golden. “Ko si ogbon to le da, ko si iwa to le wu, ko si ona ti ole gba, to le fi te aye lorun ooo”, it roughly translates to, there is nothing you will do in this life to satisfy the world.

The lyrics from Commander Obey’s song from the same titled album; “The Horse, The Man and His Son” resonate with me now as I watch the lifestyle of Nigeria’s globally respected Vice President Yemi Osinbajo.

On Tuesday, VP Yemi Osinbajo launched the National Homegrown School Feeding Scheme in Ekiti, the 31st state in Nigeria, taking the total number of pupils benefitting from the Federal Government scheme above 9.5 million.

While most of Ekiti and environs was agog with the launch, there were as usual some discordant tunes on social media. For some of them, it was not the fact that the programme was launched in the Southwest State of Ekiti that actually vexed them, rather it was that Prof. Osinbajo was eating the food.

They claim that he is belittling the Office of the Vice President of Nigeria because he relates with the poor or lower class. They often condemn him for visiting markets across Nigeria, they condemn him for interacting with petty traders.

These are the same set of people who once claimed that the government was too far from the people, they are the same ones who once advocated that Nigerians should get social security, etc. but the truth is that one can never satisfy these people.

Like Commander Obey pointed out in his music, the VP should not try to do anything to please anyone, in any case, he never does that, he is a man of the people and if the elites don’t like it they can turn a blind eye to his activities.

Nigerians like him because he interacts with them freely, he knows where the shoe pinches them and most importantly he is doing all he can to improve the fortunes of the country.

If this letter ever gets to him, please Sir, just continue to do what you are doing, only God can reward you for the meritorious service to Nigeria.

Abolaji Adekunle lives in Sagamu, Ogun State