By
Abbati Bako
What's happening in the Nigerian Senate seems to be Nigeria's 25 years' democracy is under siege or can be described as still in transitional stage. If the nation's democracy can't be upheld within the past 25 years of practicality the current players don't deserve to be the leaders of this great nation.
What's happening in the Senate is supposed to be investigated by the leadership of the Red Chamber not to suspend Senator Abdul Ningi. His suspension may not be the solution to the problem. Meaning that, by his suspension the leadership of the Red Chamber is afraid of revealing wrongdoing as alleged by the Senator Abdul Ningi. Why make an instant decision to suspend him for three months? This was totally wrong.
The United States of America is the mother of democratic systems in the world. Article I, section 5, of the US Constitution "provides that each house of Congress may punish its members for disorderly behavior, and, with the concurrence of two-thirds, expel a member." What is the stand of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria? Can Senator Abdul Ningi be suspended instantly just like that?
Padding the sum of about #3.7t in the budget of the year 2024 should be investigated ASAP and those committed and acted in the deals must be punished in accordance with the law of the land.
The leadership of the Senate Must be Changed and get patriotic, none corrupt with zeal and able leadership that is ready to lead the Red Chamber to the promised land. Otherwise, Nigerian democracy will be in doom and continue to be under siege. Democratic system is nice, beautiful and fantastic if the 57 key elements and principles of the game can be put into practice accordingly.
Sincerely, the current President of the Red Chamber Senator Godswill Akpabio must reach his Waterloo. Because of the fact that he is not ready to lead. Had it been that this issue happened in one of the advanced democracy; Godswill Akpabio would have honorably resigned. But this transitional democracy is not advanced.
Corruption will never take Nigeria to any level of political, economic and social development. No nation in the world can develop where there is corruption. So long as Nigeria will not kill corruption in totality, certainly corruption will kill Nigeria.
In many countries around the world committing corrupt practices is a capital punishment. This is for the fact that corruption will destroy the economic system of that nation. Corruption is one of the reasons that made Nigeria to be a debtor and beggar nation. Nigeria is a wealthy nation that in the past between 50 to 40 years the country never begged for debt or money assistance from any country of the world. Nigerian past leaders never knew anything like WB/IMF, Paris Club or London Club. There was a time the late Prime Minister of Northern Nigeria Sir Ahmadu Bello (of blessed memory) assisted Saudi Arabia with some money with a view to strengthen the relationship between the two countries.
If the country continues as it is today; the future generations will not forgive the current leadership and no one will predict the future of the hard earned democratic system of the country. And again, if democracy is truncated in Nigeria (as a leading economy and population) the whole of the African Continent will be plunged into anarchy. Hence, if that happens the Continent will be not only a “dark Continent” but anarchy will set in; Sudan, Libya, Somalia, DRC are an excellent example. So, care must be taken otherwise, the future will be doomed. May Allah (SWT) forbid.
Dr. Abbati Bako,Political Strategy and Communication Consultant on Globalization Policy, IPRC Nigeria
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