Opinion: From Mass Weddings To Special Assistants On Street Lights: Political Genius In Nigeria, By ‘Tope Oriola
Those criticising the appointments are not being fair to the appointees and the immanent wisdom of those making them. These are measures to alleviate poverty. One government official put it bluntly in a letter to a political appointee: “Hon. aim at alleviating you from your financial hardship”. . The aides are expected to ensure the distribution of largesse to others around them: Spouses, concubines, friends and extended family members.
One state government recently appointed a “Senior Special Assistant, Street Lights III”. The relatively short man was appointed to join two tall men on matters relating to street lights. The third person is there partly to ensure adequate representation in society. Short men are people too. The appointments are not that bad when you think deeply about them. Street lights cost money to install and have to be maintained with appropriate human power.
One genius was criticised for appointing 66 aides and assigning three of them to his three wives. Are his wives not part of his family and government? People should understand that the performance of the genius is directly correlated to the peace in the home. Another genius was unfairly criticised for setting up several crucial ministries. He set up the ministry of foreign affairs in his state.
These geniuses are full of ideas. They are darlings of the people and are merely executing the promises they made to bring government closer to the people. Those making all the noises are the “jobless” people on social media. Social media is not an accurate calibration of the mood of the people. The people would have engaged in spontaneous large street protests if the appointments were against the wishes of the majority. Stop frustrating political genius in Nigeria.
Nigerians should be reminded that garbage collection is nuclear science. Some Nigerians recently pretended they were shocked to see pictures of a market full of garbage. The pictures showed people selling clothes and other things like food right by heaps of garbage. This is proper immunisation against childhood and adult diseases. Whatever does not kill you will only make you stronger.Follow Oriola on Twitter: @topeoriola.
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