AS WE AWAIT THE COMMISSIONERS NOMINEES
The
last time I checked, Imolites in their entirety were graciously but anxiously
awaiting the anticipated release of the commissioners’ nominees from the
state’s governor Chief Rochas Okorocha. This implies that they presently cannot
wait to realize who would be manning the various ministries in the Eastern
Heartland.
Sure, the aforementioned perturbed mood is not
in any way unusual. Being human, at such a time like this, every sane and
rational individual is expected to be in a state of unease. But the good news
remains that, amidst such scenario, the discerning ones would invariably wish
to remain calm and observant till the needful is eventually done.
In
a sincere note, I’m not in a position to say those that would make the awaited
list; but as a well-informed Imolite, I can sense those that are likely to make
it. I am equally not unaware that some other stakeholders in the state could as
well foresee what the said list would look like. Whatever the insinuations,
suggestions, or perhaps conclusions could be, what matters most is the need for
us to witness a sound change. Yes, change is constant, thus ubiquitous and
common, but it’s pertinent to acknowledge that a bad one could mar the functionality
of the overall system.
It
is at this juncture I wish to bring to our notice that this critique was
necessitated by the compelling need for the governor to concentrate on the
needful, and nothing less or more. We are aware that tension is apparently on
the high side at the moment as regards who deserves to be among the incoming
nominees. And in such situation, various factors are often considered prior to
pronouncement of the lucky names.
One
of the factors that are usually looked into is the quest of the party faithful.
It is not anymore news that in such period, the leadership of the ruling party
would always want to use its immunity to influence the awaited appointment.
They would want to ensure that only those who had contributed meaningfully to
the growth of the party are granted the opportunity to serve.
It happened at the federal level
recently when the President Mohammadu Buhari – led administration emerged. The
aforesaid president wanted only technocrats in his cabinet towards ushering in
the prime motives of his election’s campaign manifesto. But unfortunately, the
leadership of the ruling party – the All Progressives Congress (APC) – was
totally in disagreement over the arrangement; hence, queried why the President
would want to jettison those who suffered for the party prior to the its
victory for the sake of people who probably were not even in the country when
the show took place. So, to them, the President’s plan was an aberration.
Aside the pressure that would be
mounted by the politicos in the state, the governor would also want to consider
another factor perceived by him as crucial. He may want to bring those who
would enable him actualize his next political ambition. Of course, we are not
unaware that no reasonable politician in Nigeria, and the global community in
general, would wish to end his or her political career as the governor of a
state; in other words, every ambitious politician truly wants to attain to the
peak by all means, and Governor Okorocha is not an exception.
It’s
already in the know that numerous politicians have reportedly been trouping to both
the office and residential complexes of the governor’s Chief of Staff, Chief
Uche Nwosu with a view to ensuring that their names are favoured when the time
comes. If all these countless politicos that are lobbying for such positions
are to be considered, then one would wonder how many ministries would be made
available by the governor. It suffices to assert that even if their
favour-seeking visits eventually became effective, only but a few of them would
definitely make the list.
The tradition has been that whenever
such list is released, many must feel shortchanged, unknowingly to them that
not everyone is meant to serve as a member of the governor’s cabinet. That you
contributed during the election, in one way or the other, isn’t in any way a
criterion or prerequisite that you must be appointed to serve.
It is against this backdrop that I
wish to appeal to our teeming politicians to always endeavour to nurse an
alternative profession outside politics, so that they would always fall to it
when they are hit off-balance; they shouldn’t see politics as their only
occupation. Continuous consideration of politics as the only occupation is the
sole reason these politicians would invariably wish to cause havoc whenever
they felt shortchanged.
Whatever the case might be, I want the
governor to know that many of his political enemies would surely laugh at him if
his administration failed to complete all the numerous capital projects that
are ongoing across the nooks and crannies of the state. And, it’s pertinent to
comprehend that such projects cannot come into completion if he fails to
appoint competent and reliable individuals to man the various existing
ministries in the state.
In view of the above fact, the governor must
overlook what he thinks people would say regarding the awaited list and
endeavour to do the needful. I’m one of the few citizens of the state that
cannot wait to celebrate the Rescue Mission Government come 2019, so wouldn’t
want anything that’s likely to mar its anticipated extreme success to be
brought on board.
And when the list came out and
thereafter tendered to the state’s House of Assembly to exercise its
constitutional right, the legislators on their part ought to equally not
compromise their mandate. Only the qualified ones are required to be accepted
after every consequential screening is conducted.
This
is obviously not time to compensate anyone; rather, time to serve Imo State
selflessly so that the state would live to bless us and our entire generations
yet to come. A word, they say, is enough for the wise. Think about it!
Comrade FDN Nwaozor
Executive Director, Docfred Resource Clinic - Owerri
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