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08/12/2025

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08/12/2025

Title:
The Change We Want: A Call to Consciousness

Subtitle:
A reminder that change begins as a mindset—an inner awakening shaped by responsibility, awareness, and the society we choose to build.

By Uthman Jeng

True change does not begin in the chambers of government or in the hands of politicians. It begins in a place far more powerful, the human conscience. The real question before us is simple yet profound:
Are we truly awake to the kind of society we are creating?

We often proclaim that we want change. We repeat it in conversations, we chant it in slogans, and we echo it in every corner where frustration grows. But do we really want the change we speak of? Because if we do, then the journey starts not in the halls of power but in the quiet decisions we make every day.

Change begins with you.

Are you willing to become a better version of yourself?

Are you ready to do something that may not benefit you but uplifts someone else?

This is the birthplace of transformation: the willingness to act for the greater good.

Our greatest problem is not corruption alone, it is the ease with which we have learned to live with it. When wrongdoing becomes normal, justice becomes a joke. When we shrug and say, “That’s just how things are,” we are not observers, we are contributors. Every time we accept wrong, we give it permission. Every time we look away, we give it strength.

No society rises on the foundation of excuses.
No nation progresses when its people normalise decay.

If we truly know the kind of future we want, then the next time someone comes seeking our vote, we will not choose based on tribe, sentiment, or temporary promises. We will choose those worthy of sitting at the governing table, those whose decisions shape our lives, our hopes, and the possibilities of generations yet unborn.

The change we desire will never descend from the top. It rises from within us, one mindset at a time, one choice at a time, one courageous stand at a time.

Real change doesn’t begin in government halls; it begins in the human conscience. A reflection on responsibility, courage, and the kind of society we quietly keep saying we want, and create. Change is not a slogan; it is a mindset, a choice, a responsibility.

So, the question returns to each of us:
Are we ready, not to demand change, but to become it?

07/12/2025

Hussain Dada

On Saturday, December 13th, GCCI will host Hussaine Dada’s SANJI JELU album concert, and we will be in attendance. We look forward to seeing you all there soon.