| Just as our arrival at destination is tied to | | | | parents, that their teenager has sold-out to |
| the supply of fuel, even if we are travelling | | | | a completely strange doctrine and a tragic |
| by a perfectly functioning vehicle, so are | | | | figure as his hero?Yesterday's careless |
| our destinies tied to the Heroes in our | | | | symptom of 'matrimonial-hero-failure' has |
| midst, even though we seem to be doing well | | | | become a pandemic explosion today, |
| on the average.Their absence from our midst | | | | threatening civility with babarism.Take a |
| is the reason for the reign of 'lack-lustre' | | | | careful and studious note of this; every |
| mediocres on the throne of our private | | | | nation that failed by every ramification and |
| lives.Heroes are the ones who stir up the | | | | definition of that word, is a nation without |
| innate virtues in us for success. They serve, | | | | a hero-model that can inspire to aspire. It |
| not really as role models as many think, but | | | | is therefore logical for such a nation to |
| as a beacon of greatness that rally us to | | | | begin to expire. In fact, a wise man once |
| aspire for self-fulfilment and actualisation. | | | | said that our success as a nation is largely |
| (Afterall, many of us don't really want to be | | | | dependent on our personal or individual |
| the exact copy of our heroes, we are rather | | | | successes.That is why the untimely death or |
| content to know and always see someone | | | | assasination of national heroes always |
| bearing the burden and lofty standard of | | | | inflict a mortal wound on the body of such |
| societal aspirations).The successes and | | | | nations for a long time before healing, if at |
| triumphs of our Heroes are the loud voice | | | | all, it heals.Do you know that our heroes are |
| that shut up the quiet wishpers of mockery, | | | | also a product of other heroes? Hear out J. |
| defeat and failures in our own lives.The | | | | K. Rowling talking about Harry Potter: "...I |
| making of heroes begins, first, from the | | | | didn't have to stop and think very hard about |
| home: 'Matrimonial Heroes'. As a father or | | | | my hero."This article is dedicated to her, |
| parent, have you ever felt the tremors of | | | | who, though being a literary heroine of our |
| what possible future backlash it would be if | | | | time, refuse to be distracted by fame and |
| you fail to provide or meet basic parental | | | | fortune from being a matrimonial heroine to |
| obligation to your innocent young ones? For | | | | her three children and family. Happy birthday |
| how long do you think you can manipulate | | | | to J.K.R. who marks 40 today -31st |
| their innocence with fragile excuses for | | | | July.Aderemi Ojikutu (Aderaskeey) is a |
| passing the buck?The first, and not the | | | | Motivational Author and Youth Mentor. He is a |
| least, hero of every child is the parent, but | | | | minister of the Word of God. A political |
| when a parent fails in the heroic | | | | economist and political leader. He is |
| responsibilities toward the child, it is only | | | | President of the TREASURE WRITERS CLUB in |
| a matter of time before the growing child | | | | Nigeria ( He is also the current President of |
| 'switch' loyalty and consequently reshuffle | | | | the National Democratic Forum (N.D.F). He was |
| his or her hero list. May we not be victims | | | | National Mobilisation Officer of the National |
| of such revolutionary change of a teenager's | | | | Association of Nigerian Students (N.A.N.S) |
| moral constitution.How do you explain why a | | | | for several years. A revolutionary of over |
| teenager would strap himself with a bomb to | | | | two decades, he was also the political |
| blow to death and drag other innocent people | | | | secretary of the defunct Nigerian Labour |
| with him to the grave, without the slightest | | | | Party in 1989-1991. |
| iota of foreknowledge or suspicion by the | | | | |