OPINION: Who Is Barr. Natasha Hadiza Akpoti? | Isah Bala
In every generation, there's always special people designed to be the voice of others, carry the burden of others and fight for the rights of their fellow compatriots to right the wrongs and set the country to attain the true meaning of its creed.
Kogi Central had gotten to a point many people gave up on the possibility of having an altruistic leader who will not think of himself/herself and what he/she stands to gain before fighting for the common good of the masses.
In the thick of the darkness when all hope of having an oasis to brighten the hebitation was lost, Barr. Natasha Hadiza Akpoti emerged as an answer to the jigsaw puzzle.
Like Malcolm X posits in one of his submissions, "...I’m for justice, no matter who it is for or against. I’m a human being, first and foremost, and as such I’m for whoever and whatever benefits humanity as a whole."
Natasha Hadiza Akpoti filled the big shoe of Onono Idogido of the blessed memory, a great social crusader who defied all odds and led other Ebira women to revolt against odious taxation of the colonial masters in 1951.
Natasha, the new Onono of Kogi Central did not just championed the advocacy for the revitalisation of Ajaokuta steel company. As a woman who had experienced the pain of an orphan child, she made it a point of duty for every orphan and less privileged children in her home town to get education, adopting 600 children who are mostly orphans and less privileged.
It didn't end there, she refused to let the widows experience the usual neglect and harship in the land, engaging them to start a new life.
As a woman who believe that everybody in the society counts, Natasha Akpoti has on different fora reached out to the physically challenged persons, giving them start-up fund to start business of their own and become employers of labour instead of receivers of alms.
Natasha whose emergence is described as a great beacon light of hope to the people of Kogi Central has no doubt given hope to the people of the district, the women folk and an attestation of the fact that God never forsake his creatures in a time of despair where everybody fronts for personal aggrandizement.
In Natasha Hadiza Akpoti, you see the description of an ideal Ebira person; courageous, blunt when it comes to truth and fights for others with uncommon valour.
Natasha has indeed broken the stereotypical jinx, she has indeed broken the old order and steadfastly refused to be cowed down and “erased” from public memory in a society deeply rooted in patriarchy belief.
Despite plethora of attempts, odium, media loathe and threats to ignominiously consign her into the dustbin of history, she has refused to be intimidated and fights for the masses with spirited gusto.
This lofty height she has attained through her service to humanity has endeared many people to believe there's still hope for a new Nigeria, earning her laurels within and outside the shores of Nigeria.
After adopting 600 children in 2015, she became known as the mother of 600, and a patriotic, nationalistic rebel nicknamed the
“Queen of Steel” due to the feisty
in which she led Ajaokuta advocacy to the hallowed chamber.
She is indeed a philanthropist, social reformer, an entrepreneur, a torch bearer of the revolutionary change the masses need, all rolled in one.
Natasha, however, eschewed personal interest in her journey to change the narrative, “All I did was out of share patriotism and love for my country Nigeria".
Dear Amazon, we wish you more strength, more sound health, more years to fighting for the good of Kogi Central, Kogi State and Nigeria at large.
Thank you for making yourself available, history will surely be kind to you while posterity will always pinpoint and eulogise your giant strides.
Kogi Central had gotten to a point many people gave up on the possibility of having an altruistic leader who will not think of himself/herself and what he/she stands to gain before fighting for the common good of the masses.
In the thick of the darkness when all hope of having an oasis to brighten the hebitation was lost, Barr. Natasha Hadiza Akpoti emerged as an answer to the jigsaw puzzle.
Like Malcolm X posits in one of his submissions, "...I’m for justice, no matter who it is for or against. I’m a human being, first and foremost, and as such I’m for whoever and whatever benefits humanity as a whole."
Natasha Hadiza Akpoti filled the big shoe of Onono Idogido of the blessed memory, a great social crusader who defied all odds and led other Ebira women to revolt against odious taxation of the colonial masters in 1951.
Natasha, the new Onono of Kogi Central did not just championed the advocacy for the revitalisation of Ajaokuta steel company. As a woman who had experienced the pain of an orphan child, she made it a point of duty for every orphan and less privileged children in her home town to get education, adopting 600 children who are mostly orphans and less privileged.
It didn't end there, she refused to let the widows experience the usual neglect and harship in the land, engaging them to start a new life.
As a woman who believe that everybody in the society counts, Natasha Akpoti has on different fora reached out to the physically challenged persons, giving them start-up fund to start business of their own and become employers of labour instead of receivers of alms.
Natasha whose emergence is described as a great beacon light of hope to the people of Kogi Central has no doubt given hope to the people of the district, the women folk and an attestation of the fact that God never forsake his creatures in a time of despair where everybody fronts for personal aggrandizement.
In Natasha Hadiza Akpoti, you see the description of an ideal Ebira person; courageous, blunt when it comes to truth and fights for others with uncommon valour.
Natasha has indeed broken the stereotypical jinx, she has indeed broken the old order and steadfastly refused to be cowed down and “erased” from public memory in a society deeply rooted in patriarchy belief.
Despite plethora of attempts, odium, media loathe and threats to ignominiously consign her into the dustbin of history, she has refused to be intimidated and fights for the masses with spirited gusto.
This lofty height she has attained through her service to humanity has endeared many people to believe there's still hope for a new Nigeria, earning her laurels within and outside the shores of Nigeria.
After adopting 600 children in 2015, she became known as the mother of 600, and a patriotic, nationalistic rebel nicknamed the
“Queen of Steel” due to the feisty
in which she led Ajaokuta advocacy to the hallowed chamber.
She is indeed a philanthropist, social reformer, an entrepreneur, a torch bearer of the revolutionary change the masses need, all rolled in one.
Natasha, however, eschewed personal interest in her journey to change the narrative, “All I did was out of share patriotism and love for my country Nigeria".
Dear Amazon, we wish you more strength, more sound health, more years to fighting for the good of Kogi Central, Kogi State and Nigeria at large.
Thank you for making yourself available, history will surely be kind to you while posterity will always pinpoint and eulogise your giant strides.
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