NYAKOS IMPEACHMENT: THE END OF BEGINNING... The significance of what happened in Adamawa State where Gov. Murtala Nyako was impeached by the state assembly could best be seen in the context of being the first of its kind15 years after the return of democracy in Nigeria. Given the power that the almighty governors wield in their respective states, one would, prior to the event at hand, take the possibility of impeaching any governor as a mere fantasy. Whether rightly or wrongly, at least Adamawa State Assembly demonstrated that the principle of separation of power could be made to work when the need arises. The end of the beginning of one of our democratic impossibilities has therefore arrived. POLITICAL UNDERTONES AND UPRIGHTNESS Many blame the Adamawa State Assembly for executing the FGs script without looking the other side and blame Nyako for his administrative loose ends. It is instructive to note that the culture of impunity has made the Nigerias executives especially the governors to be the most lawless elements in the country. For instance, most, if not all, governors rarely have any respect for budgets. They spend public funds with beastly caprices on things that mostly yield personal benefits to them and their cronies. For this, it is very common to hear a governor say my money when talking about the state treasury. In fact, there hardly exist any governor in Nigeria without a glaring impeachable offence. MY MIND Ask about my state of mind on what happened to Nyako; I am at best INDIFFERENT based on my philosophy of not sympathising with a cat when chased by a dog for it does same to the mouse. Ask about the implication of this event to Nigerias democracy; I am HAPPY for it is bound to checkmate the arrogance, illegality and misgovernance of 36 BORNS OF WOMAN that turned into SUPERMEN simply because we have given them our mandate or they had it stolen. This is not the end, it is not even the beginning of an end, but it is the end of beginning. An Arab proverb says, A wiseman learns from the ordeal of others.
Posted on: Wed, 16 Jul 2014 11:44:31 +0000
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