Efe Paul Azino: Nothing good will come out of this senate

[Ikhide]

"There is a mad man in Tanzania. Less than three months after assuming office as president, John Magufuli has left no one doubt about the seriousness of his mission. One of his first moves behind the rudder was to slash the budget of the typically lavish state dinner that marked the opening of parliament by 90 percent, redirecting the savings to the equipping of hospitals and building of roads. Magufuli has banned public travel for ministers and government officials and placed a moratorium on the purchase of first class tickets. He has pulled government meetings, workshops and conferences out of swanky hotels and restricted them to public buildings, going a step further to set austere benchmarks for refreshments at such engagements. 

There are mad men in Nigeria. Seven months, one combustive leadership tussle, zero gestures of seriousness after, the Eighth Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria has decided to purchase 120 brand new vehicles, at the speculated cost of N4.6billion for oversight functions of 65 committees, an amount which constitutes a part of its approved annual budget of N130billion. This is coming against the backdrop of a continuing drop in oil prices, persistent petrol shortages, threats by governors to cut minimum wage, looming increases in electricity tariff and the pump price of fuel; against the backdrop of one of those rare occurrences – a near unanimous agreement between the leadership and the led, on the need to make sacrifices in the short term, to cut waste and free up resources for areas of utmost priority. A concern the senate, by its recurring rhetoric, will have us believe that it shares, but one its actions have consistently betrayed."

- Efe Paul Azino

http://blogs.premiumtimesng.com/%3Fp%3D170018

Brilliant piece here by Efe Paul Azino. There is a reason I love social media; fresh writing and thinking divorced from the jaundiced analysis and narcissism of my generation of "thinkers." Good for these young people, it is their future the Obasanjos, Tinubus, Buharis, Goodlucks and Anenihs have stolen. They should fight back, especially since we are doing nothing for them! 

- Ikhide

[Anunoby, Ogugua]

What about the APC change agenda? Is it still not business as usual in the APC controlled Senate it seems. Nigerians now know one more transaction- expenditure on cars, that will be the subject of future conversations on corruption and calls for investigation. Conversations on corruption and calls for investigations and prosecution have become one of Nigeria's primary but ineffective ways of dealing with their country's corruption challenge. The ride goes on. How and when will it end? That is the question.

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