Our nascent democracy is a tale of irony, it is so sad that those at the helm of affairs have turned our governance to a contract of sort - as they go, they hand over to their children and cronies. Not only do they engage in corrupt practices, they also make rules and defy such rules.
What can one say of a government that puts in place laws and constitutional rules that, no one in the public service should keep foreign accounts. The punishment for this is removal from office. This is provided for by the 1999 constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria which wrote in Section 1, Part 1 of the 5th Schedule that the President, his Vice, Governors, Ministers, Commissioners, Local Government Chairmen, Councilors, etc., should not keep foreign accounts.
However, the IRONY is that, in the same constitution: Section 308 states that those at the highest helm of affairs have 'IMMUNITY CLAUSE' whereby they cannot be tried while in office. Perhaps that is the reason why they behave the way they do, arrogantly flouting the former constitutional provision.
Furthermore, Section 143 of the same 1999 constitution clearly states that even the President can be removed from office when to have 'grossly misconducted' the office. But the immunity clause of Section 308 got into their heads that they feel they can dispose their selves while in office, anyhow. Example was the OBJ/Lagos State Local Government non release of their funds then, even after the highest court in the land had ordered him to release the funds. We all know what he did was constitutionally illegal, yet he saw out his tenure.
What can one say of a government that puts in place laws and constitutional rules that, no one in the public service should keep foreign accounts. The punishment for this is removal from office. This is provided for by the 1999 constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria which wrote in Section 1, Part 1 of the 5th Schedule that the President, his Vice, Governors, Ministers, Commissioners, Local Government Chairmen, Councilors, etc., should not keep foreign accounts.
However, the IRONY is that, in the same constitution: Section 308 states that those at the highest helm of affairs have 'IMMUNITY CLAUSE' whereby they cannot be tried while in office. Perhaps that is the reason why they behave the way they do, arrogantly flouting the former constitutional provision.
Furthermore, Section 143 of the same 1999 constitution clearly states that even the President can be removed from office when to have 'grossly misconducted' the office. But the immunity clause of Section 308 got into their heads that they feel they can dispose their selves while in office, anyhow. Example was the OBJ/Lagos State Local Government non release of their funds then, even after the highest court in the land had ordered him to release the funds. We all know what he did was constitutionally illegal, yet he saw out his tenure.
Another is the GEJ/Amechi/Rivers State House of Assembly debacle where blames of who caused what and what are pointed at different people. They all should just resign already, they cannot govern their people.
Hence, this shows that our democracy is being ran with a dictatorial colouration. This type of democracy does not follow her laid down constitution to the letter. A nation that provides laws to guide her, laws which her leaders defy is going nowhere, it is IRONICAL and a pity.
By Charles Nwaimo ... @chaxdawg_909
Hence, this shows that our democracy is being ran with a dictatorial colouration. This type of democracy does not follow her laid down constitution to the letter. A nation that provides laws to guide her, laws which her leaders defy is going nowhere, it is IRONICAL and a pity.
By Charles Nwaimo ... @chaxdawg_909
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