Stella Dimoko Korkus.com: Broom for Change -Part 1

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Thursday, March 31, 2016

Broom for Change -Part 1

A broom is a cleaning tool made up of several dry shaven palm fronds, laid horizontally beside each other, bound by a rubber band or plastic cord. A broom serves multiple purposes; it is popularly utilised for cleaning and sweeping but can also be used for removing cobwebs and pounding ewedu leaf. 


Most Nigerians think of brooms differently today. In 2015, the All Progressives
Congress (APC) crafted a new significance for brooms in the minds of Nigerians at home and in the Diaspora. 

The Broom became a symbol of Change; a new beginning, a new Nigeria where everyone who donned the broom was automatically part of the progressives; the fighters, the avant-garde, the people who risked their lives to rid Nigeria of its filth. 

The Early Broomers promised to bring about change; change in the social economic status of Nigerians, corruption perpetrated by the elite, poverty amongst the masses, deteriorating health care system, high unemployment rate, huge infrastructural deficit, and so on and so forth. 
The Broom for Change became a symbol of hope, light and a NEW Nigeria; a country free of impunity, insecurity, corruption, and elitism. 

Nigerians enthusiastically swept out their tribal and religious sentiments and as a matter of fact, in some geopolitical zones, brooms were no longer used for its original purpose; some forbade their brooms to touch the ground, it was their holy sacrament. They hung it on the dashboard of their cars for all eyes to see, especially those frustrated looking men and women standing under the rain with umbrellas that barely shielded them from the heavy rainfall. 

The Broom was donned proudly and boisterously by politicians, students, traders, bus drivers, men and women of different calibre, religion, social and ethnic groups. In 2015, the Broom for Change brought more reverence than money; furthermore an ailing grandmother gave up her lifetime earnings of One Million Naira in exchange for the Broom of Change. May her soul rest in peace.


Fast-forward to this present day…


The metaphoric exposition of The Broom has been stripped from its neck and unbundled into 150 single pieces. While a faction of the All Progressives Congress picks up 40 broomsticks from the unbundled stack that lays bare on the ground, another faction grabs 20, 16, and 19 and so on. The broom Nigerians once waved in the air with pride and hope for a better Nigeria has been unbundled into scantier, weaker, factions that cannot operate effectively, and therefore reneges on the buyers’ expectations. 


Question: Have you ever taken out one broomstick and used it to clean, sweep, remove cobwebs, pound ewedu leaf or Change anything? Isn’t it more effective to utilise the entire bundle to achieve multifaceted results? Food for thought...




* This is part one of a three series article written by Ms. Osasu Igbinedion, the Host and Executive Producer of The Osasu Show on AIT, Ben TV and ITV.


32 comments:

  1. One strand of the broom is busy travelling from one country to another.

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  2. It will be interesting to see her reflection on how her father governed Edo state for 8 years. It is easier to speak about the concept of 'change' in relation to a power system that is less than a year old and not speak about the platform her father used to be a governor for 8 years and how he fared during the 8 years of his being governor of the state.

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    1. You ar so so right

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    2. Yup. A case of" leaving the log in your eye to remove a speck from your brother's."

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    3. Don't tell me she is from d popular Igbinedion lineage? If so...then she just shut her stinking mouth & go and rest cos that's like a pot calling a kettle black.

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    4. Yes she's d daughter of our two time gov chief lucky igbinedion and grand daughter of d Esama

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    5. Why is she not behind the bars for her fathers sins sef? Mtcheeeeew...

      Broadcasting from a dead station...AIT.

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  3. I can't log into sdk o! Lord knows how many times I tried before I could access this blog but other sites are free.

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    1. Me too ooo since last week. SDK pls fix this.

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  4. Too long biko.. it's too early to read Apc stuff

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  5. Is this a sponsored post or what?
    Whatever please.

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  6. The answer to the question is no as we all know it....but in Nigeria. .especially politics anything goes...

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  7. The broom is for sweeping, so we are going to sweep APC out of government come 2019. Tomorrow will be the 11th months. We are still hearing we are not a magician.

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  8. The daughter of an occultic thief...
    Repent and restitute. Jesus is coming soon.

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  9. She should Park well abeg.

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  10. Keep kwayet ur father stole edo state blind, you're a product of thievery

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  11. Is dis d daughter of dat thief called Lucky Igbinedion?

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  12. bwahahahahahahahahahahahhaahahaha @ one strand of broom travelling all over the world. ewoooooo you harsh sha but you are not far from the truth. it is obvious that Buhari is on his own, lone pack wolf who feels he has the solution to the economy. this broom is on a part to destruction and he is trying to take the entire nation down with him but it wont happen. it is obvious this stick of broom is clueless.

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