Nigeria's daily Vanguard reports that "the Attorney-General of the Federation, Chief Michael Andoakaa (SAN) Federal has hailed the high court judgment, sitting in Abuja yesterday. The judgment ordered the Executive Council of the Federation (ECoF) to pass a resolution, within 14 days, on whether or not the continued absence of ailing President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua from his duty post since November 23, 2009 on account of grave ill-health does not amount to permanent incapacity to perform the functions of his office".
Never in the history of Nigeria has the issue of the President's health been so ferociously debated to the point that it prevents reasonable, impassionate and rational postulations. All this stems from the divergent interests of various politicians and groups which fly at each other's throat.
Arguably if Nigeria overcomes this crucial challenge, it's democracy may emerge stronger and consequently more difficult to bring down. Not many are optimistic though.
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My country! the picture above worth million words. Sooner or later, they'll be the first to be entrapped by the ditch they dug.
ReplyDeleteMy dear old Naija, things would only get better when greed, selfishness, the "me, myself & i" syndrome (sorry Beyonce!) is eliminated from the psyche of the elite in Nigeria. The truth is the elite are the problem - the ordinary Nigerian with little or no education is satisfied with simple things!
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