User talk:Nigsist

I Belong To Everybody and I Belong To Nobody BY SANUSI UMAR Literally, this statement is neither here nor there. It’s contradictory in the sense that, in the end, we will understand that he does not belong to anybody or Nigerians to that effect. From the surface, this is what one can infer from the statement. Perhaps he belongs to himself only as someone thought. It’s outrageous and deceptive when one thinks the statement is promising when it’s negative. This is the negative aspect of the speech that some are brazenly clinging to believe. Another dimension of it in a pragmatic approach is that, he is saying that people should not think of influence upon him or favors over ‘others’ just because of their political , ethnic or religious affiliations with him. He will do what he thinks is right in his own way without their influence or interference, perhaps even if it takes to dictate or rule with an iron hand as someone may think. However, using another pragmatic approach, we can see the positive side that the speech truly represents .We know it’s a political rhetoric, achieved by using a powerful technique of contrasting pairs. The statement is saying to the effect that, he is first Person before anything else. He will be there for all People ethnic groups or all People in general, irrespective of religious, ethnic and political differences. This speech is powerful and extraordinary with beauty of rhetoric. .If put in an ordinary language, the statement may sound ordinary or gaudy ‘I belong to all People not to a particular group or person.’ I strongly believe that, this positive inference we have made meant by ‘I belong to everybody and I belong to nobody’, not the way some unpatriotic people go about on the social media trying to corrupt the meaning with some negative interpretations to no effect. We all know who is patriotic, honest and a strong personality that has won public trust and confidence.