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Present Nigeria worse than military era
Thursday, 18 March 2010
IT is important to understand why one is thinking that the present Nigeria appears worse than the military era. Taking it from the point of the election, where people were imposed on the masses, the present mess is the outcome of that, because Yar’Adua was forced on the masses and the matter created the present situation.
At present, we have money guzzling legislature (National Assembly and the State Houses of Assembly) all sitting down without doing the wishes of the electorate. Or how can one explain a government that is supposed to be democratic, that is still lacking the will to go according to the constitution? We have been wasting time talking about Sections 144 and 145, etc, all in effort to finding a lasting solution that is necessary. The National Assembly is there, but not performing the duties conferred on it by the constitution. We are all talking grammar.
During the military era, there was never a way the wife of the head of state would hold the nation to ransom. Even when IBB went for medical check-up during his regime as military president, the wife did not stay at the Dodan Barracks much less, dictating what to do to us. IBB’s second in command was in control.
What are we really trying to show to the world? We are very timid. Our nation should be governed properly. Even though I do not subscribe to Chief Arthur Nzeribe’s call that the military should intervene, the government in power (the Executive, the Legislature and the Judiciary) must not remain as if they are being caged.
Chief Barnabass Osuanlele
189 Ikpoba Road, Benin City
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