There are usually two ways to draw attention. One is by doing something positive that would
require commendation and the other way is just the opposite. So, why does a group like the Nigeria
Governors’ Forum (NGF) comprising of state governors of the 36 states of
Nigeria, not know this?
Truth be said, in the past, I have never paid any meaningful
attention to the NGF. Only for them to coerce
my attention in a ridiculous manner as the manipulation of election results of
who is to be the next chairman of the forum!
A CHAIRMAN OF 36 PERSONS! 36 LEADERS!
JUST 36!
This is a pointer to the fact that in the absence of meaningful
positive attention, power-drunks would employ desperate measures to get just about any
other kind of attention. If a forum of such magnitude cannot honorably hold
elections to a successful conclusion without the drama of election fraud, why
must it be the headache of the Nigerian masses?
As if Nigeria is not faced with enough crises to last a life time, a
group of power-drunks decide to stage a show of shame so that we should do
what? Applaud them? Or shift our
attention from our battle against terrorists called Boko Haram?
Just when you think that there is no more reason to amuse
one’s self over the issue, the PDP National Working Committee releases a
statement to say that one of their governors, precisely the one embroiled in
the NGF crisis has been suspended. So I
ask, suspended from what, from running his state or from remaining a governor
under the auspices of the party?
This is the scariest aspect of this show of shame. A drunk will always command attention and
very likely amuse his/her audience. But when that drunk is someone with immense
power to influence society, will this drunk not muster others of like mind
within the society and deprive that society of its sanity?
I just asked a question!
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