The election and choice of Senator David Mark
as Nigerian Senate president is in itself a mockery of our democratic institution
and a bastardization of the ethics of democracy, you cannot represent the
people if you are naturally anti-people. The problem with us is that we forget
too easily. How can a man who as Minister of telecommunication said that
telephone is not for the common man and did not at any time come forward to apologize
for such a barbaric statement end up being the umpire in our highest law making
chamber?. It is outrageous; it shows how unserious we are as a nation. A man
that could not contribute anything positive into a nation when he had absolute
power to do so and had his actions protected by a decree cannot contribute
anything under a dispensation where he needs the votes and decisions of others
to effect a resolution.
Nigerian voters should learn to vote wisely and
prudently or at least ask their candidates to show their credentials, to showcase
the practical and commendable things they have done in other capacities that would
now warrant their presenting themselves at the service of our nation at a more
sensitive and a much more complex office. We can only give what we have, if we
continue to put authoritarian and persons lacking innovative acumen
in the positions where they are expected to be innovative then we are only
wasting our precious time as a nation. What are the achievements of Senator David
Mark as two times military governor and once a minister of telecommunications
that would justify his being elected into the office of the Nigerian senate
President?
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