President Muhammed Buhari is ‘frittering away the high hopes’ that Kogites ‘invested in his resolve to turn things around’, drawing the attention of the President to strong allegations of increased nepotism and sectionalism in federal appointments. PMB should wake up to the fact that most Kogites are today disillusioned by the frittering away of the high hopes which they invested in his resolve to turn things around.
The President can no longer safely ignore the very strong allegations of a rise in nepotism and sectionalism in federal appointments. This has further deepened the feelings of alienation and the rise of centrifugal forces that are threatening the foundations of our unity.
One – sided appointments into public office have displayed a tendency towards a form of sectionalism that we have found difficult to associate with the high moral credentials of the President. A hurricane of violence by herdsmen in Okpo, Egbolo, Ofejiji in Igalamela/Odolu LGA, Idah LGA, Umomi in Ofu LGA, Gbagana in Omala LGA, Ibaji LGA and other agents of death have left in its wake a landscape of blood and destruction.
Political violence, corruption, kidnappings and armed robbery along Okene road, Ajegwu road and all ills of the past, are still very much present and we seem to be progressively sinking deeper into the mud. Workers in the employ of Kogi State Government are now ravaged by disease and hunger of all kinds.
As things now stand, most Kogites do not see a government committed to attaining primary objectives. The President must ensure that Kogites do not feel that our country is sliding back into dictatorship.
– Alfa Tijani, a social crusader, writes from Ajaka, Igalamela/Odolu LGA of Kogi State.
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