Failure is not just a personal weakness, it is a collective tragedy when it comes from those entrusted with leadership. When leaders fail, communities suffer. Roads remain untarred, schools collapse, hospitals lack drugs, youths wander in hopelessness, and development becomes a mirage.
Sadly, this is the harsh reality confronting Isoko Nation under the watch of our current representatives in the Delta State House of Assembly.
The three individuals sent to Asaba to represent the voice of our people have failed woefully in their constitutional mandate. Representation is not a privilege; it is a sacred duty.
Lawmaking, oversight, and constituency development are not optional responsibilities, they are obligations. Yet, what do we see?
Silence, absence, and gross underperformance.
Lack of Visible Legislative Impact
Over the past years, the Isoko Nation cannot point to any meaningful bill, motion, or legislative action initiated by our representatives that has brought lasting change. Representation is not about collecting salaries and allowances, it is about influencing policies and attracting development. Where is their imprint? Where is their legacy?
Abandonment of Constituency Needs
Communities in Isoko still cry for basic amenities, roads, boreholes, electricity, youth empowerment, health centers, and functional schools. These are not luxuries but essentials. If our lawmakers were truly effective, they would have leveraged their offices to ensure government attention to these critical needs. Instead, our people are left to wallow in neglect while they enjoy the benefits of office.
Failure to Speak Truth to Power
A representative who cannot speak boldly on behalf of his people in the chambers of government is unworthy of re-election. At a time when other ethnic nationalities are pushing aggressively for their share of development, Isoko’s voice is drowned in silence. Our representatives prefer political survival to genuine advocacy. That silence is betrayal.
The Danger of Rewarding Failure
If we, as a people, reward failure with a second tenure, then we normalize incompetence. We send a dangerous signal that Isoko Nation tolerates mediocrity. We cannot afford that. Our future, our children’s future, and the image of Isoko before the larger Delta State depend on making the right choice.
Isoko Nation is too enlightened, too resourceful, and too strategic to be reduced to political redundancy. We deserve leaders with vision, courage, and the will to deliver. The time has come to reject recycled failure. The time has come to demand accountability. The time has come to chart a new course.
As a progressive body committed to the unity and advancement of Isoko, Isoko-Nation Progressive Like-Minds (INPLM) makes it categorically clear:
The three members representing Isoko Nation in the Delta State House of Assembly do not deserve a second tenure. They have failed us, and failure must not be rewarded.
History will not forgive a people who recognize failure yet endorse it.
Isoko Nation must rise to the challenge of electing credible, competent, and courageous leaders who will not only occupy seats but also use them for the advancement of our collective destiny.
The choice is ours, remain stagnant under failed leadership or move forward under true representation.
INPLM chooses progress.
INPLM chooses accountability.
INPLM chooses a new dawn for Isoko Nation.
Comrade Ilaya Efemena Beckly
Founder/President
Isoko-Nation Progressive Like-Minds (INPLM)
