Wetin we go talk today? E be like say di wahala wey dey for our politics no wan end anytime soon. Femi Gbajabiamila, di oga wey don serve as Speaker of House of Representatives, don come drop some serious gist. E talk say di government no too happy with am when e refuse to carry go one foreign infrastructure loan wey no dey consider di South-East.
Gbajabiamila talk dis matter dem while him dey address di newly inaugurated commissioners of di Federal Character Commission (FCC) for Abuja. E yarn say as Speaker, him and di House no just gree approve di loan straight like dat. Di reason? Na because dem check di loan application and see say every other zone dey enjoy di project except South-East. E talk say, “We no fit pass di loan for month and keep am for ground until di government agree to add di South-East to di plan.”
Make we shine our eye well well. Gbajabiamila still explain say dem do am for di sake of fairness and federal character principles. Him talk say make one region no dey collect benefit from loan wey everybody go dey pay back na big injustice. E no make sense if dem go dey favor one area while other areas dey suffer. Dis kind move dey create impression say na wahala dem dey cause for di country, na so e dey affect everybody.
Di former Speaker no forget to highlight say di Federal Character Commission get big role to play when e come to maintaining fairness for di country. Him talk say di Commission suppose dey help flag imbalances and di wahala fit don dey avoid from di start if dem don catch am before e reach di National Assembly. Dis na serious issue wey no fit just pass like dat; e dey affect all of us.
Hulyat Omidiran, di Executive Chairman of di FCC, come later gree say dem no go dey do anything like “business as usual” again. She don declare say dem go follow dem law well well and no go show favouritism in di work wey dem dey do. Na wetin dem dey call integrity; so na dat dem go stand on.
Di Secretary to di Government of di Federation, George Akume, dey even yan say di induction wey dem do na timely move wey go help boost governance and performance. Na good news be dat o! Dem sabi say governance no fit happen anyhow if dem no get di right people wey dey do wetin dem suppose do.
So wetin be di moral of di gist? Na to ensure say every region dey get di same chance, no be to cut one corner for dem wey dey run dis country. Gbajabiamila don show say e dey ready to defend di interest of di South-East, even when di higher ups no dey gree. Na wetin we need for dis country, brothers and sisters. Make we dey look dem well, after all no be for one person alone we dey work.
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