MEDITATION BY PLATOON 9- NYSC BATCH A STREAM II OGUN STATE SHAGAMU

PLATOON 9

Loyalty

Loyalty implies a sense of duty or of devoted attachment to something or someone. Loyalty connotes sentiment and the feeling of devotion that one holds for one’s country, creed, family, friends etc.

Loyalty is one of the most valuable gifts in the world and as valuable it is, it can be exceeding rare. Perhaps, one of the reasons that it is sure a rare quality these days is that, it is so easy to be misplaced… thus, without loyalty, families are broken and friendship are empty.

Loyalty entails adhesion, allegiance, commitment, devotion, dedication, truthfulness, featly, piety, fidelity, dependability etc.

According to oxford dictionary, loyalty is the measure of commitment based on obligation or in consumer preferences; it is the degree of satisfaction.

According to Fred Richard in one of his book “the loyalty effect”, loyalty is the willingness to make an investment or personal sacrifice to strengthen a relationship.

However, it was through loyalty that our forefathers succeeded in the fight for our freedom. Even our immediate past president, Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, accepted the 2015 general election result in good faith due to his loyalty to the peace of the nation. Fellow corps members, you and I are here to serve our nation as result of loyalty..

I therefore urge us all to imbibe loyalty in all that we do during the orientation programme and the discharge of our duties during our service year.

Long live Nigeria long live Ogun state, long life platoon 9.

     Report by: Okoye Obinna Emmanuel.

     Code Number: OG/17A/4129.