I deem it expedient and timely to make a contribution to the debate regarding whose head the crown fits as it relates to the political godfathership title of Nimba County following the demise of Nimba County Senior Senator Prince Y. Johnson.
My contribution comes in the wake of bubbling anxiety for the title on the part of several prominent political figures in the county who are warming up politically to vie for the title.
Even while the deceased was yet not buried some politicians were quietly raising their flags and knocking their chests for the title.
Usually I am inspired to use my pen as dictated by my patriotic conscience to write on such issue.
Below, this is how my argument begins.
Nimba County Senator Prince Y. Johnson has eventually concluded his earthly assignment at an advanced aged, and has since departed this world to join his ancestors.
As political godfather of the great Nimba land, he left a critical political vacuum that’s being eyed by a number of prominent citizens of the county.
He/she whose head the crown fits will be the one to succeed the late political godfather.
As you may be aware, Senator Johnson earned the political godfathership through the exhibited bravery during the war when he undauntedly stood in the gap of his people to fight for their freedom.
Given the role he played, Johnson was overwhelmingly voted as Senior Senator of the county when he threw his hat in the race, something which obviously defined him as political godfather.
As senior senator, he advocated for his people in a louder political voice which represented the pride and dignity of the Nimba people at all times.
Automatically, he became known as Nimba #1 and he himself would proudly blow his own trumpet as being the political godfather of the county.
The last time I checked, I didn’t see the people of Nimba awarding him the title in an elaborate occasion. I didn’t see traditional people awarding him the title either.
Rather, by virtue of his position as senior senator, especially given his role by fighting for the redemption of his people, the name systematically got clutched or glued to him. Thus, he was commonly known as “Nimba Zoo-dua,” meaning the most dependable son of the land in terms of political advocacy and other national issues.
Therefore, he was loved in all corners of the county as his name was a household word.
He was like the salt which every cook desires. He was like the drum which every drummer needs. He was like the spear or sword which every warrior wishes for. He was like a king maker which every politician craves.
Thus for one to be eligible for this position, one has to bear the nature of a salt which has the obligatory task to add value to even the least recipe in the soup.
Indeed, one needs to bear the nature of the moon which has the obligation to support all surrounding stars.
To attain this critical title, one has to have the spirit of a political hero who will bravely stand in the gap of his/her people, especially at a time when Nimba is graduating from the level of king maker to that of making her very self a king. Most importantly, one has to be a senior ranking political officer with louder political voice in the national theatre whose representation will obviously mean so much for the people of Nimba.
By all political measurements, especially at a time when Nimba is in the middle of the political dance, the county deserves a political godfather who will speak with wisdom, embrace the common people as well as the intellectual class.
Based on my political calculation given the glaring political mathematic that speaks volume, I think VP Jeremiah Koung is best suited for the Nimba political godfathership.
For instance, VP Koung occupies a substantial space in the national political theatre which allows him to preforming vice presidentially. At the level of a vice president, he is often seen breaking political bread with the president, Joseph Nyumah Boakia.
By that, Koung therefore has an amplified political voice nationally and internationally, thereby being appropriately suited for the title. Hence, Koung’s head the crown fits.