The Core Ingredient In The Law Of Service

The Core Ingredient in The  Law of Service

It was Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi also known as Mahatma Gandhi, the leader of the Indian independence movement against British rule who employed non-violent civil disobedience and led India to independence as well as inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world who said that the best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others. This was evident in his life and times.  It will be worthy of note here to affirm without mincing words that any leader who truly serves does not need to clamour for the peoples’ endorsement in whatever manner and purpose. It comes naturally as history is flooded with cases relating to true service. From the Monarch system of governance to Military and even democratic system of governance, the law of service has been very effective. The leadership of Nelson Rohilala Mandala, Mahatma Gandhi, Thomas Sankara and the list becomes endless.

A renowned speaker once said and I paraphrase, any leader who leads and lacks followers is only taking a walk. The reverse is the case when a leader is called to serve and he loses himself in the service of others.  The result becomes evident for the eyes,  even the eyes of a blind man,  to see and the world to judge. Even the opposition will have nothing else to say,  but to endorse the legacies of this leader which are hinged on service.  His legacies become a yard stick for any leader that may eventually come on board. Leaders are meant to be accountable and transparent in their dealings with the people as is evident in developed countries.

According to my definition,  the law of service simply states that any man who is entrusted with a public office by the people owe them an obligation for quality representation and visionary leadership. This law if properly executed, brings out the best in every leader who further writes his own history. Suffice to say here that a leader that's not accountable to the people who elected him into a public office has no reason to be at the elective office making decisions affecting the people. True leaders who really serve become winners and corroborates Napoleon Bonaparte's saying, history is written by the winners.

A service devoid of its major ingredient of delighting or rather exceeding the stakeholders' expectations becomes a vice in the long run.  A state of mind that keeps the people at arm's length in order not to access the elected official who is supposed to be the eyes of the people as per representation leads to absolute disservice. It is based on this premise that the development of the land and people are drastically affected. A good case of disservice will lead to poor representation which translates to under development, infrastructural decay,  communal clashes for resource control,  poor health care and so on.

Without any form of chauvinistic display laden with political hocus- pocus,  I can vehemently assert here that Hon.  Samuel Ifeanyi Onuigbo representing the Ikwuano, Umuahia North/Umuahia South Federal constituency, and Senator T. A.  Orji representing  Abia Central Senatorial District has mastered this law of service and have also used it to improve the lives of the people of their constituency. Of course, their good works are quite evident in their constituency and senatorial district respectively and much has been written on their achievement so far on various print media and their respective online off shoot. The status of these achievements is on the ground for absolute verification and validation by doubting Thomases within and outside the state.

One can truly summarize here without mincing words by vehemently asserting that with the events unfolding and structures on the ground for opposition to see that the duo of Hon.  Samuel Ifeanyi Onuigbo representing the Ikwuano,  Umuahia North/Umuahia South constituency and Senator T.A.  Orji representing  Abia Central Senatorial District have truly mastered the law of service hence quality representation and visionary leadership roles which have translated into infra structural and man power development and so much more to mention but a view. In deed, history cannot lie as the people are enjoying dividends from these offices based on quality representation.

Opia-Enwemuche Maxwell Onyemaechi  writes from Umuahia