By Nnabugwu Chizoba
An axiomatic expression has it that
“Two good heads are better than one”. Our Friends, that is the friends of “Isuikwuato”,
have a way they pronounce the name of our dear community. Among these friends are
those who do it, just to pull our legs, to make fun, to make jest of us. The second
category are the ignoramus, and the third, are those who do it to spite us. This
last group do it in a very derogatory manner, that some Nwanneukwus at times get
annoyed.
I have since embraced their pronunciation
of our name, to the point that Ndi Nwanneukwu have resisted and accosted me. I
have always found strength, direction, and Wisdom in the name they call us. That
name is a wakeup call to Ndi Nwanneukwu, Home and Abroad, especially, the young.
It is a call for all Nwanneukwus to
face the truth that we must rise up and pick interest in inclusive governance,
community/people oriented policies, transparency and Advocacy driven and issues
oriented engagement, of all the elected and appointed representatives and
indeed leadership at every level in the land, of our birth: ISUIKWUATO, Abia and
Nigeria in general. The idea among numerous others is to foster economic
self-reliance, wealth generation and job creation for the productive sub-population,
and above all to reposition the land and give it a pride of place that it rightly
deserves.
Back to the name issue, let me
pause to pick those still struggling to connect with me on the same page in
this discourse. Truth is, instead of ISU-IKWU-ATO, they refer to us as “ISI-UKWU-ATO.
Associate the meaning of the adage at
the beginning of this discussion (Two good heads are better than one), to the
name “ISI-UKWU-ATO” (Three big Heads)
you are likely to find a connection between the two, which is:
If “Two good heads are better than one” then “Three good big heads are better
than two”.
If you are an ardent believer like
me, in the truth, and nothing but the truth, that as the “i” in Abia; Isuikwuato
is the “EYE” of God’s own state, Abia, you will connect better with
Isi-ukwu-ato. You will feel the reality of the name, as a stimulant. You will also understand the reason behind the
name. You will identify with the concern and worry of those that call us the
name. You can read the great expectations from them, whenever the name is called.
If you are a well tutored student
of the concept “Nwanneukwu” and you also truly understand the idea behind “ISI-UKWU-ATO”,
you will appreciate the dynamics adopted in relating the message (see first
paragraph), to you: the Nwanneukwus. You will equally understand why you should
not be annoyed with anybody, but yourself, whenever they address our community
as “ISI-UKWU-ATO”.
By now you are not only feeling the
full import of the name, “ISI-UKWU-ATO” but the power and moving effect of it. You
are already remembering the effect of the name, which you witnessed in the
past, when it was called, but suppressed because of the anger, that ignorance
of who you are and the expectations of others from you, produced.
Dear Nwanneukwus, whenever “ISI-UKWU-ATO”
is called, please understand that the people are saying ABIA state, is presently
the way it is, because ISU-IKWU-ATO has closed its eyes for long. That Nigeria
is lying prostrate and groping in the dark simply because, Abia, God’s own
state is not on the thrown.
Do I still need to explain why the name
is a wakeup call? Your guess is as good as mine.
Ndewonuwoooooo, Umunnem, Ndi Nwanneukwu!
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