Political Office holders and their loss of relevance after leaving office

09/08/25

Political office holders and their loss of relevance after leaving office

By Livy-Elcon Emereonye

“It’s the person with palm frond that the goat will follow” – Igbo adage

No place exemplifies this proverb better than ours, where individuals not only condone abusive behavior but also fail to think about tomorrow, attacking those who provide for them while indulging in the short-lived fantasy of holding office. A stomach mechanism – common in stomach infrastructure – that can dull senses and cloud reasoning exacerbates the issue.

Even so, everything has an expiration date, and with that expiration, every effort to manage damage turns into a waste.

Access to public funds often leads to excessive ambition that deflates like a balloon once the term ends. It can get so bad that simple pleasantries and birthday wishes hardly ever arrive!

Like an inebriated butterfly asserting it is a bird, those with small minds in the workplace frequently take on godlike personas and gamble with their fortunes until they fall apart like a stack of cards. They continue to hold onto dreams fueled by the thrill of wasting public funds, particularly when facing accountability appears to threaten their power.

The paraphernalia of office and its associated misuse lead to a disconnection from reality that becomes apparent after work when the phone stops ringing. Being out of office, the minions shift their allegiance, leaving the actor to confront his own fate.

Mastery and profitability drive the art of business, which stands in clear contrast to the thoughtless waste of public fund frequently shown by elected officials especially those promoted above their abilities.

People who pursue your relationship only to sabotage it later at work, disregarding your contributions and exploiting the situation for their own gain, will eventually suffer repercussions. The consequences are considerable and enduring, independent of any future triviality.

A time for harvest will always come when individuals gather the results of their actions.

It’s only a matter of time before the phone stops ringing; when it does, not only will the wardrobe crave attention, but the agbada could also voice its complaints about being overly starched to the extent that it loses its fit.

The business relied on unplanned public funding, which will likely collapse when the flow of free money ceases. At that time, product expiration will become inevitable, and consumers will become weary of getting nearly expired goods presented as charitable donations, when the real goal was just to offload stock.

In their quest for relevance, they would confront fictitious conflicts yet shy away from the essential practice of diplomacy, failing to realize that vampires are bound to consume one another when faced with inevitability!