This is IWAYA: Episode 4

This is IWAYA

Episode 4

While at home, instead of getting sad and angry with himself, he decided to use that period to learn something different from his course of study.

 He was surfing the internet when he saw a news headline that goes thus, “News reaching us now that a sum of five hundred million dollars was washed away by flood yesterday at the finance minister’s office and they haven’t been able to locate whereabouts”

“How on earth will i believe this? How can they put such a huge amount in an office? How will rain wash it away?” PhilipBet couldn’t stop asking questions no one else could answer except the minister of finance of Iwaya who gave the report. “I think I have gotten what I want to use my time for-POLITICS!” He jumped up from his bed and went straight to the kitchen to have some cassava flakes (Garri Ijebu) with chilled water.

By the time he was going back to school after a semester, he had learnt a lot about the political instability of Iwaya.  He knew about the four pillars of Iwaya-the old giants who indirectly ruled the city and did so many atrocities without being punished. He was ready to take over from them and stop all this corruption of a thing. He was ready to start from school. He got his bags and set to go back to school.

“Chisom, please don’t tell anybody what i want to tell you now. I want to contest for SUG president in my year four and i am sure that i will win” that was the first thing PhilipBet told his friend after hugging him as he arrived school.
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By the time he was leaving year three going to his final year, he obtained the form and he started his campaign as an aspirant for the president of the student union government, popularly known as SUG.

 He had an opponent who happened to be the son of the DSA-Directorate of Student’s Affair-Lucky Oriyomi.

 “I thought education was to make us literate but how is it that we are becoming illiterates? I thought it should add more to our knowledge but what it provides is packaged ignorance. Every student here is scared of one thing or the other in this school. Some are scared of getting failed by lecturers who want to have sex with them. Others are scared of saying the right thing because he just doesn’t want fail. The other time i tried challenging a lecturer for giving me a lower grade; i had enough advice to pull out by both students and other lecturers because of ‘fear’ of the lecturer. Though i didn’t win, but it was glaring to all that i won just like the Presidential aspirant then- Abiola. I was punished and served my punishment term but that never discouraged me neither did it stop me. While serving my punishment, i learnt a new thing-POLITICS.

 I conquered fear, i got punished for it but through it, i learnt what i wouldn’t have learnt in my life time.

How then are we going to be the future leaders if all we are taught in the so called institution is how to be scared of one powerful person because of his/her position? Even when we get out there, these old people control all the sectors, leaving none to us. They bastardize everything and make us write as many application letters to companies before we can finally get a job that will majestically want to pay less-with all our first classes.

My campaign is this, if we must take over what is ours, if we must get to the top of that ladder, we must first kill every unnecessary fear and we must start from here. It is a fight to curb fear and embrace courage-in regard of this, if you elect me as your student union president, you and i will create a voice for ourselves right in this school without violence but with the law. Our education must be without fear! Great Iwaya students! I remain your loyal boy. Thank you” PhilipBet rendered his manifesto with passion in his voice.

The students couldn’t help but to support him based on his manifesto and his integrity. They believed him and will definitely support him but then he has lost the support of lecturers-if not all, definitely most of them. Also, the DSA will also be supporting their candidate who happened to be the son their leader.
So, he has the support of the students only. But is that to his favour?

Watch out for Episode 5