21st February Movement worth celebrating

21st of February 2016, marked the 92nd birthday of President Robert Mugabe. It is pleasing to note that every additional year afforded to the President by the Almighty, means an added year of wisdom and wise leadership from him.

21st February movement is a youth movement event which is annually celebrated and seeks to impart lifetime enhancing values to the youth and the generality of the people of Zimbabwe.

President Mugabe's birthday is worth celebrating nationally. The event provides an opportunity and platforrm for the youths and generality of people nationwide to interact with the President. That mixing and mingling will also permit the President to enlighten the young generation on his life encounters and experiences that shaped his perfect character and made him to be the leader of our beloved country, Zimbabwe.

The 21st February Movement was a brainchild of the revolutionary partys' youth league who are also the party's vanguard. It is heartening to note that this youths' initiative has nurtured many in the party some of whom are currently holding significant positions in the political and economic arena of the nation over the past years.
 
Government has been spearheading the welfare of youths through availing financial resources to fund education and business projects which has gone a long way in empowering the youths. Soon after the country attained its independence, President Mugabe ensured that education was accessed by the indigenous people at all levels. Democratization of the education sector led to infrastructural development which included construction of more schools as the number of children going to school also increased. Such an innovative plan by President Mugabe should be commended.

Education for all made Zimbabwe to be at the uppermost in Africa in terms of literacy rate.

In addition, the ruling Government, through the movement made it a point to financially empower youths to kick start their projects.   

President Mugabe's government also ensured that the general populace should have access to health services in the country. A number of clinics were also constructed nationwide. Such a move lessened the number of mortality death in the country.

President Mugabe, as the 21st February Movement's patron, is a true icon of Zimbabwe and the entire African continent. He has always been standing for Africa against Western nations machinations. His distinguished political position in defending African countries from former colonizers, who have a desire to siphon resources from the continent, is laudable. World over, President Mugabe has single handedly championed the African dream of being the master of its own fortunes. It is therefore imperative to greatly honor and celebrate President Mugabe's compassion for the nation and the African continent.

Normally, at 21st February Movement, youths embark on fundraising programmes that enables them to generate revenue for themselves and their communities. Such programmes are laudable as they assist in improving the living conditions of the people living in their societies.

Also, his life is not complete without mentioning his role in the  liberation struggle. During that war, President Mugabe played a pivotal role as a peace keeper and a unifying factor. All the battles that he fought, he won. Also, President's unwavering leadership set in motion during the liberation war. In 1977, President Mugabe was the Commander in Chief of ZANU's political and military fronts. He led the two fronts peacefully.

It is shame for detractors who fail to recognize the weight of celebrating the life of a Pan Africanist. If a day such as World Pangolin day is set aside, to celebrate the existence of those creatures, what then will prohibit the nation in celebrating the life of a great shrewd genius statesman like President Mugabe?

Opposition parties in Zimbabwe should take a leaf and emulate the journey that President Mugabe travelled from the hardest period of liberation to present day self-governing Zimbabwe. His political mileage is worth celebrating as it speaks volumes of his persistent and dedicated love for the people of Zimbabwe.

Certainly most Zimbabweans wish that President Mugabe remains the leader of our great nation for much longer so that he witness the realization of his dream; an economically emancipated Zimbabwe and Africa empowerment.
Long live President Mugabe.