Amaechi’s glib talk and threat to democracy in Rivers

Rotimi Amaechi, former minister and governor of Rivers State, at a public lecture on Thursday, October 26, sounded rather melancholic. For a man who has been in government since 1999, first as two-term speaker of Rivers State House of Assembly and later as governor for eight years....Rotimi Amaechi, former minister and governor of Rivers State, at a public lecture on Thursday, October 26, sounded rather melancholic.

In that clip, which is still available online, Amaechi picked on different subjects, some offhandedly, which shouldn’t be allowed for public consumption if his media handlers had gone through his notes. He said he had been approached by different media to say things, but had declined for two reasons: one, his publicist advised him not to speak and the second reason is the fact that Nigerians don’t react to issues.

What’s the leadership mindset that propelled him to sound so hopeless and chaotic? He even prayed that more Nigerians will get depressed as a result of the strangulating state of affairs and end up committing suicide? What is the recruitment process that prepared them for leadership in Rivers State and indeed the whole country? How come there is no empathy and compassion for the suffering millions who are struggling to...

When elections do not count, when you do not need the input of the people to approve your budgets as a governor, because you own the legislature, you cannot understand and appreciate the agonies of a people. In eight years, you could not give them basic amenities in a sustainable manner.

Both Amaechi and Wike also pursued unsuccessful presidential bids, and Rivers State people have not summoned them to render account for the resources they lavishly deployed. The resources Amaechi channelled to support Buhari’s presidential bid in 2015 are said to be huge. He was a sitting governor. Wike is in a hurry to replicate the Lagos template, where the Jagaban is the sole administrator of the resources and politics of the state. But the crude manner and rush to impeach Fubara has exposed Wike’s lust for power. In just five months, he says impeachment is constitutional and that he wants to keep a tight hold on the political structure in the state. Wike is doing to Fubara the same thing he will not take from anybody.

The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria , Mr Olayemi Cardoso, has reiterated that his leadership would focus mainly on the core mandate of price stability. According to a statement from the CBN, Cardoso disclosed this recently, while playing host to the Impact Investing Community.

Source: News Formal (newsformal.com)

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