…His, a pleasant dream there dear; to others, a nightmare; disturbing to hear, to bear…
…He had a pleasant dream, he would recount to the family and friends, a nightmare to the foes to hear – The Interpreter
The Periscope Global Literati
It was a sound sleep, following the supplications seeking for a solution, a kind of divine leadership intervention for the greatest good for the greatest population of the state citizenry.
There was jubilation, the takbir and supplications, following the declaration, then “a little child/that lightly draws her breath, and feels her life in every limb – Moralising William Wordsworth’s poem ‘We Are Seven’ – would exclaim that the “Governor-In-Waiting is the Governor so declared; a hearty welcome Binani with her heels high to Dougirei Hill”.
What does the teenage know about the Distinguished Senator Aishatu Dahiru Ahmed, a.k.a Binani, generally referred to as the Governor-In-Waiting? The family and friends would reflect.
Everything from birth around the teenage is about Binani. Like Macduff in William Shakespeare’s ‘Macbeth’, the teenage is “from his mother’s womb, untimely born”, to be able to be managed at the hospital alive, he would have to be placed in one of the baby incubators being donated by Binani over a decade ago, when she was a Honourable member representing Yola South/Yola North/Girei Constituency in the 7th national assembly; undoubtedly the best lawmaker then, from Adamawa state.
The teenage attended the elementary school renovated and fully furnished by Binani, in addition to benefitting from the books among other instructional materials generously donated by the amazing amazon.
The teenage and parents fetch water from one of the so numerous boreholes drilled and donated by the political heroine, in addition to the solar electricity that shines in darkness of the night across the community.
The teenage’ parents benefited from the Binani empowerment schemes in terms of tools and money; the father who’s a farmer has got framing tools, including water pump befitting for irrigation and fertilisers. The mother has got money, which she used to improved her akara (beans cake) business before she is forced to stop, affected by the ban on the sales of firewood and cooking charcoal, without providing prior alternative.
The teenage has a friend whose father benefited from tricycle, a Binani empowerment that is used to convey them to school and back
The teenage has a friend whose mother was among those who benefited from the free optical surgery and opthalmic care among other treatments covered in the Binani sponsored Medical outreaches.
The teenage mother is out of akara business, she used to foot the teenage, with siblings school fees in a private school, because of the poor standard, the suffocating classrooms and generally poor funding of the public schools in such a way that even the teachers in public schools send their children to private schools.
Feeding is becoming difficult in the entire compound where there could be stoves but no kerosene; some rooms have electric cooker but can’t afford the electricity tariff, some rooms could afford gas cylinders, however, very negligible; the ban on firewood and cooking charcoal is summarily biting: the teenage joined collective call in the supplications for a way forward, then appeared the Binani win in the dream recounted.
The family and friends the teenage related his dream to would exclaim by explaining the dream; “Binani, the amazing amazon, the political heroine, the phenomenal legend is coming”.
A worthy dream to family and friends, a nightmare to the foes indeed.