Tuesday, 20 August 2013

Akwa Ibom State Legislators: A big disappointment BY AKPANDEM

The entire people of Akwa Ibom State are disappointed with gross inefficiency and total corruption among the legislators. Matters had deteriorated to a situation whereby the legislators are no more representing the people, rather the Governor.

  Thanks to the peaceful people of the state for exercising such a great restraints, patience and self discipline for so long in the face of glaring corruption, although such display of patience in the face of unsatisfactory situation, were hoping that wiser council and intellectuals will eventually prevail in order for them to be brought back to the path of reasoning, but to no avail.  The legislators who supposed to help the state to grow became completely inaccessible, many people who watched the sad deterioration of affairs in the state are fired with the zeal of patriotism and made numerous attempts to correct them but all futile.  The legislators for so long made a cancerous growth to exist, eating the heart of the state, making the death of the state inevitable. 


I think the only possibility of ensuring safety lies in the rigorous application of knife to exercise the malignant disease from the dirty politics of the legislators.  Amidst surgical exercise.  Quiet whisperings soon will give way to loud grumbling and ominous signs have begun to manifest themselves.  Matters should not be allowed to continue in this manner, even though their tenure is a waste because no principal achievement that contributed to the social economic and political advancement has been made. 

They failed the state on those very issues which the state regarded as key to its future and economic greatness, having failed the state in respect of these things, the state lost no time and are justified to openly regard their tenure as a period of waste and fruitless representation and they cannot tilt any balance of success.  Had they taken firm steps to fight corruption and not a partaker and quit any person or persons who had outstayed the state usefulness, the story today would be different, but they failed.  Napoleon Bonaparte, after he had been captured and exiled to the Island of St. 

Helena, murmured aloud that much is forgiven to those who succeed but the greatest sin that the world will never forgive is failure.  Legislators must sometimes hurt, in order to do justice, for them to retain the confidence and respect of their followers.  They have to show themselves as firm and sometimes even ruthless, the given instances of indecision and broken promises are enough; they existed side by side with them, a flagrant display of affluence and open demonstration of corruption in high places. 

Corruption within the lawmakers had reached such a pitch, that remedy could not be found.  The whole issue of evil representation had become ridiculous and a most vexatious matter, they gave a clear impression that the executive Governor is the master while they are servants, now the principle of check and balances are no more working, issuing of brown envelop or Ghana must go have been taken to an epochal height and to an unparalleled degree in the history of the state.  When history of the state comes to be written, there would not be a doubt that historians will not fail to recognize the fact that the deed of legislators between 2007 to 2015 was the contributory factor that leads to the downfall of the state. 

Failure to keep faith with the people is in no way reassuring especially as the state had come to see through them that they could never correct their ills. The assessment of the situation as of now is that it will be utterly irresponsible to leave the state as it is without responsibility to lay the foundation of collective sustaining democracy that can stand the test of time even though the legislators are threat to the state continued existence. 

The reason is that they have denied the youngsters the opportunity to seek the truth and also immerse their minds into fraudulent mold, which narrows and excludes good orientation and enlightenment.  Their representation reflect no hopeful expectation, hence the effort of the electorate has been completely divorced, even though in a little while they will begin to express their concern regarding the impending and threatening dangers. 

My advice to the electorate is that they should not keep legislators words in mind or lure themselves into a sleep of false dreams, if I may ask the following questions; how many souls have been ruined?  How much blood has been spilled?  How many people have been sucked dry?  It is terrible to contemplate all these.  Legislators are not ready to risk life for the truth and righteousness like reformers of the past rather, they support the government who inflict and cause harm to the opposition, or those in the slightest degree who refused to align to a structure that is laid with a rotten foundation.  Human rights activist have sung loudly, their ears itch, they sing it with resonant voice. May God illuminate the day of Christ return.


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