Please allow me to cmment on the
performance of the current leadership in our country. I am not happy
with the way President Olusegun Obasanjo is piloting the affairs of the
country. Nigerians had thought that the inception of this democratic
administration would be a new dawn for every citizen. The military had
performed poorly, especially the Babagida and Abacha dictatorships. Most
Nigerian would simply want to forget that sad and painful era of our
history; Obasanjo’s emergence in 1999 was supposed to herald an era of
purposeful, humane and compassionate government. But alas, Obasanjo has
proved to be worse than our worst military governments. Once again, we
are witnessing cases of misuse of power, flagrant human rights
violation, disrespect for the constitution and the rule of law and the
creeping tyranny.
The country is spinning out of control and
Obasanjo does not appear to be in charge. He has become autocratic,
self- possessed, erratic and unpredictable. The President does not
consult, does not listen to the people who put him there and acts
generally as if he is doing all of us a favour by presiding over the
affairs of Nigeria.
The situation in Oyo, Ekiti, Anambra, and
Plateau is a symptom of gross misuse of power. The President takes most
of his decisions in anger and vendetta. He insists on having his way at
all times. Those who disagree with him must be hounded out of office.
There are crises all over the country. Nigeria is burning. The President
has become the biggest threat to democracy and the continued survival of
the country. This house is falling.
It is so sad that, the citizens are
witnessing the destruction of the country by the very man we elected to
protect and defend it. The President has weakened the other aims of
government as well as the other tiers of government. State governors
should rise to their responsibilities and reclaim their powers. The
judiciary must prove to us that, it is indeed the last hope of mankind
in this land. The National Assembly should begin to seriously consider
the impeachment of Obasanjo. He remains a clear and present danger to
the survival of democracy in Nigeria.
LAURA ESEM, WROTE IN FROM
RUMUKORO, PORT-HARCOURT.
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