It is a sick syndrome and strong symptom of madness if one because of opposition sees everything about a government to be bad or because of supporting the government see everything about it as right. Hence, a guideline to understanding Kogi State government and the people under the Yahaya Bello led government.
For the record, Kogi has never had it bad as it is facing under the stewardship of Alhaji Yahaya Bello but it is not enough to count everything about it bad. Sorry to say but the people of Kogi State are mostly responsible for the excesses of the Yahaya Bello led government of Kogi State. This is because, voices are evenly divided between opposition and supporters leaving principle and fair judgment out of public opinions in the state.
The opposition will not see any right about the government and the supporters have blinded themselves from seeing the excesses and these interwoven choices has seriously held us back. To worsen the situation, the Kogi State house of assembly has in its recent developments joined the trend by directly separating supporters from opposition via massive defection and house leadership restructuring without recourse to the Independence it deserves as an independent government arm.
It beat my imagination how the governor’s media team enthusiastically took to their media handles celebrating the defection of members rather than intimating Kogites about government policies and plans toward the development of the state. To say that was a misplaced priority is an understatement as the state APC chapter is up till date yet to issue any communique on the defection. It therefore kept me wondering whether or not the state government has prioritized partisanship rather than an all inclusive government.
“Many things have really fall apart in Kogi State”. People have sold away patriotism for blind self services. The government apologist have resolved on responses rather than communicating constructive criticisms to the appropriate quarters. The opposition has vowed detractions rather than commending pro people successes. Everybody is taken a place and this is unfit for the States prosperity. While some of us try very hard to give the government fair judgements, the government find means to label antics. While the government tries to do what is right, the people are seemingly unbelievers of the government.
The government has sincerely recorded recent successes in tackling insecurity but no one is talking about it, the opposition have been complaining bitterly about the hardship in the state but the government takes little or no time to make efforts that will atleast give the civil servants a hope of light at the end of the tunnel. The government have on three occasions vowed q deadline for payment but the dates often pass without justification. Now, March 31st is in the air and no one can rationally imagine what it wil be this time.
History they say will remember people by the legacy they leave behind but I can’t fathom what legacy the present Kogi State government is planning for the future. While in all honesty, developments are ongoing in some places, it’s only the living that ply good roads, drinks portable water, attend good schools and utilize other social amenities. Hunger is abysmal in the land and nobody will smile at projects with an empty stomach. In the end, your judgement will be based on how much improvement the peoples welfare witnessed during your reign.
In conclusion, I am pleading with Kogi State government to gear up efforts toward making the March 31 deadline of payment a reality, listen openly to opposition voices and pick good points. Then, I call on opposition voices too to once in a while acknowledge the good works of government in order not to place their perceptions on negative light. By doing this, we are building a great Kogi State and shall be recording events of positive existence in the book of records that generations yet unborn will be truly and admirably proud of.
God Bless Kogi State!
– Comrade A. M. Nasir writes from Minna, Niger State,
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