Of the demolition man and Koboko governor
The trajectory of the governor of Rivers State since the occurrence of the first index case of Covid-19 is not fitting. It exposes the governor as not a true democrat and qualifies to be a soldier in a different place, not in Nigeria and, in an era gone by – not now and to be a proud recipient of the Victorian Cross for gallantry.
After all, the oil companies are around the corner, taxes or not, monthly allocations will come from Abuja without effort. All he needs do is ask the commissioner of finance to go to Abuja with the state bowl to get it. It is easy to be a politician in Nigeria. They do so, to feed. Small minds always engage in knavish, serpentine and devious attitudes. And according to Ralph Waldo Emerson, “foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of small minds.”
Are we in a democracy? In a democracy, politicians should win friends and not enemies. History books teach that making the press a number one enemy instead of friend has always had dangerous consequences.
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