Re – Unongo Did Not Make Suswam Governor On August 22nd, 2013, some newspapers, including Leadership and The Nation, carried a rejoinder by Gov. Gabriel Torwua Suswam to the interview granted by elder statesman and Second Republic Minister of Steel, Wantaregh Paul Unongo, published in the Sunday Mirror of August 18, 2013. In the interview, Unongo, who is an encyclopedia of sorts, spoke on a broad spectrum of issues, and innocuously touched on the unfolding, but sadly under-reported tragedy that is otherwise called “Rt. Hon. Gabriel Torwua Suswam, Ph.D.” But even for this “Rt. Hon.,” renowned, as he is, for verbal inelegance, the rejoinder was an all-time low! In effect, he beat his own record! We have elected to take on Suswam because knowing Wantaregh Paul Unongo’s disposition, he is likely to say: “Just let Gov. Suswam and Special Adviser Akwaya be: they are my children.” We understand his big-heartedness, but we are children too, so we are not constrained by his overly noble inhibitions. We do not have access to government money with which to buy space, but, through this opinion, we wish to make our views known. For an interview that ran for two pages, it is instructive that Suswam and Akwaya found only two paragraphs and three phrases objectionable. This means even by their twisted standards, in terms of objectivity and factual accuracy, the Unongo interview rates A+. When someone does so well, we believe, what he deserves is commendation; not condemnation. But then, we are talking here of inverted logic and “Rt. Hon. Gabriel Torwua Suswam.” - See more at: abujavoice/re-unongo-make-suswam-governor/#sthash.sEgDmM6u.dpuf
Posted on: Sun, 15 Sep 2013 08:32:39 +0000