The time has come to disband the Federal House of Representatives in Nigeria. It one thing for it to be the utterly useless money-draining institution that I believe it is and another thing entirely for it to redefine its mission as Nigeria’s National Academy of Comedy and Comedians (NACCO). Pray, do these looting comedians in Abuja learn anything from their endless estacode-induced junketing around the world to mingle with their peers in other climes and observe how the legislative business is done?
A report in the November 6, 2009 edition of NEXT indicates that the House spent a considerable part of the legislative day debating vigorously whether or not to agree with reports that have recently labeled Nigeria a failed state! Unbelievable, isn’t it? But wait for this: Dimeji Bankole and Patricia Etteh even had a say in the matter. In a move indicative of what the Yoruba call “da bi mo ti da”, (I want you to be as wretched as I am), Dimeji Bankole rapturously recalled that he had been made privy to a case of bribery during a visit to Canada. His logic, I guess, is this: if pervasive bribery (i.e. runaway corruption) is one of the indices of a failed state and he was fortunate enough to witness or hear about an incident of bribery in Canada, that means we are not alone. Canada is also technically a failed state jare!
A report in the November 6, 2009 edition of NEXT indicates that the House spent a considerable part of the legislative day debating vigorously whether or not to agree with reports that have recently labeled Nigeria a failed state! Unbelievable, isn’t it? But wait for this: Dimeji Bankole and Patricia Etteh even had a say in the matter. In a move indicative of what the Yoruba call “da bi mo ti da”, (I want you to be as wretched as I am), Dimeji Bankole rapturously recalled that he had been made privy to a case of bribery during a visit to Canada. His logic, I guess, is this: if pervasive bribery (i.e. runaway corruption) is one of the indices of a failed state and he was fortunate enough to witness or hear about an incident of bribery in Canada, that means we are not alone. Canada is also technically a failed state jare!
