Egede Lawrence on the media pointer concerning the politics of new wine stifled in an old bottle writes.
I have to bare my mind to the public about the past APC's Presidential Primary Election, considering their choice of the flag bearer that made me vexed.
I was annoyed not because of the personality chosen but got vexed because of the neglect of the new generation contenders.
Let me not choke and die if I can't open up about the issue, even if Governor Umahi is no longer disturbed concerning it.
However, God knows the best because he sees farther than a man can see, therefore let Him be glorified and adored forever.
Now as God would have it, Governor Umahi is going to the Senate Chambers, where he is finally directed by the Spirit of God to serve the nation further.
To be frank I am worried about APC in 2023, because of their lack of seeing real value in young nationals like Governor Umahi, as fit and worthy Son to become President of Nigeria.
In the actual sense, what does Nigeria want from the dilapidated political method of making an old choice into a new system?
Must Nigeria continue like this all the time, as if time has not changed the circumstances in the country all while ago?
Nigeria is old enough to seek the strength of newness in the veins of the new generation, to sustain and stabilize the new system, against the old pitfalls in the politics of the new dawn.
In the bible, Jesus Christ warned people of putting the new wine into an old bottle.
HE further explained that such may cause the bursting of the old bottle, and as well cause the wine to spill, and in effect could cause multiple damages.
Two mega political parties should have made the system hot and sweet by choosing young, intelligent and vibrant ages to rejuvenate the old and outdated rusty political method in Nigeria, the APC and the PDP. They ought to be wise.
But instead, they chose to make the same mistake, to repeat the old storytelling character of the old brigades, confusing the new generation of today's politics.
For how long will grannies live to rule, and then hand over the mantle of new positions to the new generation of the younger, the grand and the great-grandsons and daughters to replace them? Something may happen.
It could be that God wants the old and feeble fathers, and the grandfathers, the great grandfathers to see the new miracle of change, from their defiance against the new age in the new politics of the new generation.
I am not talking about the local places downtown, where fairly middle-aged brackets could still be needed to administer issues of leadership and governance.
I am talking about the national front, at the helm of affairs and the seat of the President where mental rejuvenation is needed.
When I truly talk about the new generation there's a meaning to it, such as from the age of sixty years down to the thirty years age bracket, where wisdom resides.
I am not talking about where it is lacking seats for the needed political value-added booster.
So, my brothers and sisters, I am asking, where are we going from here? This question needs an answer because no position in democracy should be sold to anybody, let alone put for sale.
What is it that has been playing out nill in the political mentality of leaders in Nigeria, who won't see anything faulty about making either the wrong, old or new political choice/s for long now? When will it stop?
I am not like siding the young generation, who cannot behave well if given the chance to be at the helm of affairs, whether at the Local, State or national levels. Choice matters much depending on what is next.
I am not against elderly persons in politics, but my concern is their silence over what goes wrong in a system, even if it is in their favour.
An adage says that the elderly can't be close to a cooking pot, and yet allow the bubble flow of the boiling water to extinguish the flaming fire from the wood.
The rest of my concerns can be discussed by those concerned in the long run about this topic.
To God is the glory forever.
Egede Lawrence is our guest writer and public affairs analyst.
