The Gold that Glitters Not

The new Imo State Governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha has really confirmed my fears about his ability to govern. So far, the Governor’s public speeches and actions are at best, contradictory, none substantive, incoherent, illegal, illogical and disturbing. With the so many challenges the Governor faces in the state, the Governor has only but put up shows and charades.

Even many of the Governor’s political associates in the villages and towns in Imo state are people of questionable characters. This is not to say that the Governor is a person of questionable behaviour. But the governor’s associations raise questions about his judgment and consequently the Governor’s ability to lead the state. The Governor evidently may be a good man, but what good is a good man if he lacks sound and good judgment, neither respects nor knows the law nor the type of government in the country. Goodness, yes, is needed in a leader but this is just one of about one thousand characteristics of an effective leader. If all that the Governor is bringing to his leadership of Imo State is goodness then the Imolites must prepare for a gloomier future.

Yesterday, the Governor in another public speech blunder sacked all the 27 local government chairmen in the state, this is dictatorship. In a democracy, how can one man be the chief executive, the court, the Judge, and the parliament? Common sense detects that one can only sacked his or her employees, even within the law. How can an elected governor, a chief executive of state fire other elected chief executives of another tier of the government that were duly elected? Perhaps, the Governor erroneously thinks that the President can wake up one morning and sack all the 36 state governors, why not if he the governor can sack all the 27 duly elected local government chairmen; what a shame and idiosyncrasy of a Governor that is expected to correct the lawlessness in the state. Where did the Governor receive his political science class? And this brings to question the Governor’s quality of education and his understanding of the law. The Governor cannot illegally legalize the state.  It will be difficult for the Governor to govern if his is lawless.

Ben ojiakulo