By: Moncio Robert Wilmot Kpadeh (Sage)
In these dark, devastating yet defining moments in our nation's existence, may the Almighty God cause Good Men to arise in the land and seize on these moments;
Good Men who value Good over Gold;
Good Men who honor country with duty, gratitude, and loyalty;
Good Men who carry in their hats pride, dignity, integrity, esteem, nobility, and moral ethos;
Good Men with the wisdom, discipline, and intestinal fortitude to resist the tempting trappings of power and the sweet glory of authority;
Yes, in such painstaking time of national trials and tribulations, may the Almighty God cause good men to arise in the land and change the clouds of doom and gloom that hover over the land;
Good Men with daring consciousness and searing patriotism in their blood veins to courageously rise and reclaim the homeland from the hands of the Bad Men ruling over us;
Good Men with strong opinions and unyielding bravery to act accordingly;
Good Men who will resist the temptation of corruption and other acts of venalities and abnormalities;
Oh yes, In times like these, where debauchery and degeneracy have consumed the land, our nation craves and wails for Good Men in whom the weary and depressed masses can find faith and consolation;
Good Men of deeds, not words, Goo men of principles, not trickeries and shenanigans, Good Men of love, humility, decency, and compassion;
Good Men who do not choose silence in the face of evil; Good Men who stand for the truth and will look into the faces of the 'power that be' and tell it as it is and damn the consequences thereof;
Good Men who will not connive and collude with Bad Men to misgovern the nation and subject its people to utter socioeconomic despair;
Good Men who do not waiver and bow to fears, and permit evils to reign in the land unchallenged merely out of fear;
Good Men with the fierce stone and steel to rebuke and tremble at injustice, oppression, deprivation, and the brazen subjugation of the masses even at the peril of their lives;
Oh Lord, our nation bleeds and whirls in the morass of utter misrule and wickedness in high places, please cause Good Men to arise in the land and change our story;
Good Men who choose honorability over the grandeur of wealth and fame; Good Men who put country above self, Good Men who will stand in defense of their country cause at all times;
Good Men who dedicate their lives to humanity and their services to the nation and Good Men who at all times, good and bad, will stand in the cause of the people;
Good Men who promote good governance and foster unity, peace, tranquillity togetherness, diversity, inclusion, and nationalism;
Finally and more importantly, men of philosophical, historical, dialectical, and spiritual inclinations—Good Men of knowledge who honor justice and humble themselves before the Almighty God.
Indeed, It is time for Good men to arise, may God Almighty cause Good Men to arise in the land of our forefathers.