poem: An Ode to President Musa Yar Adua of Nigeria

And the gods, and their fathers
In their mysterious ways
Deign it prudent
To bless us
Nigeria
Good people, great nation
With the government of
President Musa Yar Adua
Never ill at ease
Nor bereft of ideas
Who thumps up Iwu
And
Thumped down Ribadu

These powers that be
Bequeathed us,
Nigeria
Good people, great nation
Such great man
Musa Yar Adua
Of immense strength
And agility
Strong as a bull
Swift like a springbok
That he frequents hospital
And prayer homes

President Musa Yar Adua
Unparallel in vision
Superior to the eagles
He reverses, and re-reverses
Policies,
Past and present

Good people, great nation
Nigeria
Rich in oil,
Mineral, and people
A land of multi-million lions
Led or not by
By an unhurried sheep
Yar Adua
A man of steely apathy
To sectionalism
And tight affinity for
Professionalism
That he replaced the consolidation expert
With his home boy
A wielder of stick

Good people, great nation
Nigeria
Ran by Yar Adua
Who ran for cover
Ignoring the UN
To witness school
Open in the middle east
While schools in Nigeria
Extend their strike

Commander of the Armed Forces
Of Nigeria
Good people, great nation
Sir Musa Yar Adua
You I hail!


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