NYAKOS IMPEACHMENT FROM THE RECORDS OF OLD NEWSPAPERS There is no doubt that the impeachment of Governor Nyako last week by the Adamawa State Assembly will remain a great landmark in the democratic evolution of Nigeria. This is for the simple reason that it was an event like no other since the return of the country to civilian rule for a decade and half now. Going through the records of my old newspapers, I discovered that the wave that wrecked NYAKOS ship did not start a month ago nor even a year or two back. Exactly six years ago, a serious impeachment process was mounted against Nyako by the same Assembly. It was so serious that the WEEKLY TRUST NEWSPAPER OF 28 JUNE 2008 made a COVER STORY from the event. The cover was very rich with a background to the saga, interviews, news items....In fact, if one does not look at the date of the six year old newspaper, he would miss it for an edition of June this year when the real impeachment process was at its peak. HISTORY AND POLITICAL SAGACITY History is indeed an indisputable political asset. Yet, Nigerian politicians rarely take that into cognisance. Nay, the entire Nigerian society seems to treat history with such undeserving disdain. This conclusion I began making when I realised in my GST class of the Faculty of Arts, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, that ONLY ONE STUDENT was admitted to study History through Direct Entry in the 2013/2014 session! With this trend, one wonders where the future generation of politicians would source their advisers which I believe historians make best. In the case of Nyako, it was not so long a history like that of Mansa Kanka Mousa, Maidunama or Shaka Zulu to limit ourselves within the African continent. He and his cabinet seem to forget an event that happened six years back or failed to give it the right reaction. One expects a common place political arithmetics of CRUSHING YOUR ENEMY TOTALLY proposed by Robert Greene to be the watchword of Nyako and his cabinet after withering the first storm of impeachment attempt. Law 15 of Greens The 48 Laws of Power reads: All great leaders since Moses have known that a feared enemy must be crushed completely. (Sometimes they have learned this the hard way). If one ember is left alight, no matter how dimly it smolders, a fire will eventually break out. More is lost through stopping halfway than through total annihilation: The enemy will recover, and will seek revenge. Crush him not only in body but in spirit DUTY OF CARE I do not believe in many laws and explanations of Greene. Reading Greene without alternative power related philosophy and a strong comprehension ability could be a lot dangerous. The former would enable one neutralise arguments that may produce a beastly and callous leader while the latter would empower one to handle contradictions characteristic of which are in the law quoted here and Law 2 that suggests LEARNING TO USE ENEMIES. Available on madugu.blogspot
Posted on: Sun, 20 Jul 2014 08:49:06 +0000