So why was the Government House so near, and yet the 'government' itself seemed so distant from the people?
For too long in Nigeria, we’ve practised government essentially without the people… I firmly believe that a visionary and capable government can be a force for good… We need to rethink the notion of “government,” with a prepositional insistence that places the people’s present and future needs at the centre of public policy… We need a government that is “for” the people.
There were no water closet systems in the area, no health care services, and we heard of the word “government” only as a cruel and distant rumour. So why was the Government House so near, and yet the “government” itself seemed so distant from the people? So, as governor, you may invite the Sultan of Brunei to join the King of Monaco to commission the completed ultramodern post office to much media fanfare, but children continue to die from all kinds of preventable diseases, and your post office is unable to help them.
This is performance distance because the council chairman’s mobilisational ability is misdirected, destructive, and does not bring any benefit to the people.
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