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A good politician should be of a well disciplined personality with selfless service to make life better for his people.
This should be reflected in the community where he lives in all ramifications. Discipline is necessary for an orderly society and political life, without it, the social life would become miserable.
A selfless service is putting the welfare of the people you’re representing before your own. Winston Churchill described it as “the first of all human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees all others”. A good politician firmly believes in taking care and maintaining the community of his people.
He believes that community service is about giving back. According to Theodore Roosevelt, “the most successful politician is he who says what the people are thinking most often in the loudest voice”.
Party loyalty is another quality of a responsible politician in a democratic state. A transparent politician is nearer to his people and regularly meets them to understand their problems. Only fake politicians are seen by voters when an election is near or change parties as footballers change clubs.
Hon Rotimi Makinde, a former member of House of Representatives in the 7th Assembly who represented Ife Federal Constituency should be commended for his loyalty, discipline, benevolence, magnanimity and love for his people even at the detriment of his career and personal goals. May the good he has done to others return back to him multiplied. With a man like this our democracy will surely flourish and can never be in threat.
