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In a book titled: “Rotimi Amaechi and the 7 O’clock
News”, former Governor of Rivers Sate, Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi, has been
described as a true model of an ideal politician.
The 36-page book presented to the governor on his
birthday on May 27, 2015, is a fictitious narrative on the political career of
the former Rivers Sate Governor. The main idea of the book is to teach school
children in Rivers State and Nigeria at large, while not intending to drag them
to politics, that it is not all about violence, not a do or die game , not
about bloodshed , ballot box stealing but politics that finds solution to the
common good of the citizens.
Author of the book
Brain Onu said the inspiration behind the book is
based on the ex-governors love for the political future of Nigeria, his love
for child education and belief that by imbibing the principles of free and fair
political aspiration, school children’s mindset would be corrected from
politics as it is practiced today.
He said: “If we can change the minds of the
children, we have changed the future, if we succeed in changing the future, we
have changed the nation, it is God’s earnest desire for me to write ‘Rotimi
Amaechi and the seven o’clock News’. The book is powered by the former Rivers
State Liaison officer in Lagos, Aso Wena, who got involved in this project
after seeing the relevance it plays in political reorientation of young
Nigerian school children towards a better political future for the country.
“The summary of the book is a fictitious exposition
of Amechi’s early life political aspiration with curiosity over who politicians
are and how politics should be practiced in the interest of the masses. This
got him into seeking for the full meaning from his father and later became his
class monitor after learning that he can get supporters from his class through
realistic promises of giving them sweets and chocolates.
The book clearly defines the true qualities of good
and bad politicians, while the former deliver on their campaign promises, the
later concerns themselves with amassing wealth and having no development to
show during their tenure.
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