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Transfer of power: The Egyptian example
Friday, 12 March 2010
Nigerian newspapers recently reported how the Egyptian President, Hosni Mubarak, who was going for an operation in a German hospital, officially handed over the country’s government to the Prime Minister, the next in command.
President Umaru Yar’Adua, till now, has not been able to follow Mubarak’s laudable example.
The simple letter he could not write to the appropriate authorities, enabling Jonathan to take over while he was away may have created the quagmire still lingering in Nigeria.
National Assembly should also be blamed for this mess. They knew the President was going for such a trip and, yet, they were playing politics, deceiving the masses, as to which Chamber, President Yar’Adua should present the nation’s 2010 budget.
They knew that Yar’Adua would not attend any assembly sitting and withstand the length of time it would have required him to conduct the official presentation; they played along with him, deceiving the entire nation that they claim were being represented. It is a big shame; and that is why people say that there was no election but selection in 2007, with the connivance of INEC.
One is also waiting on the Judiciary to act on the forgery which Yar’Adua’s kitchen cabinet committed when they claimed that Yar’Adua signed the supplementary budget.
There was also the forgery and lies which Yar’Adua’s Media Adviser, Adeniyi, dished out concerning Yar’Adua’s instruction to Jonathan to act for him till when he is fit enough. Adeniyi should be prosecuted for this.
One is at a loss as to why up till now the constitution is still not respected in which now appears a national shame in the eyes of the international community. How long are we going to bear this?
Dr. Segun Osobu,
Osborne Road
Ikoyi, Lagos
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