The Voter's Oath

Read this aloud. Or read it silently. But read it as a decision, not as poetry.

I will not forget.

I will not sell four years for one meal.

I will not defend failure because it speaks my language.

I will not worship a candidate I have not questioned.

I will not disappear after election day.

I will vote.

I will watch.

I will ask.

I will organize.

I will remember.

A citizen who remembers is harder to deceive.

This oath is not words. It is a decision.

Sign it with your vote.

End of Book 1: Ballot or Bondage

The English Mass Reader Edition

For translation into all Nigerian languages. For distribution in markets, mosques, churches, schools, and WhatsApp groups. For citizens who are done waiting for permission to understand their own country.