According to This Day Newspaper of December 5, 2017, Governor Owelle Rochas
Okorocha of Imo state have sworn in 28 new commissioners and eighty one transition
committee members of the 27 Local Government Councils in Imo
state.
Appointment of commissioners is a usual thing in Nigeria but there is
something unusual about this appointment that has kept many people wondering
what manner of man is Governor Okorocha. Barely few weeks after the erection of
Zuma statute and the statute of President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf of Liberia,
Governor Okorocha has again aggrieved the citizens of Imo State and Nigeria by
creating an irrelevant office named: Ministry of Happiness and Purpose Fulfillment.
What an abuse of an office and a mockery of the citizens!
According to Governor Okorocha, “The
real essence of life is to be happy and to fulfill one’s purpose in life;
Government officials are elected to address this. Happiness and Purpose Fulfillment
Ministry therefore, is established for the lost time to correct the policy
framework to guide ministries and departments on what they must do to guarantee
the citizens’ happiness and contribute better to the society. Governments
at different levels have created several ministries and departments to achieve
this, yet, people are bitter, angry with hate speeches which lead to crisis,
war and even terrorism”. What a flimsy reason?
Meanwhile,
Mrs Nkechi Ololo, Governor Okorocha’s younger sister said that the ministry was
created not because of family relations but to help secure the welfare of
people in need. Why won’t people see it as a family business when Governor
Okorocha’s Son-in-law, Uche Nwosu, is the Chief of Staff, his wife, Nkechi
Rochas Okorocha, is the Chairman of Imo Amnesty Committee while his
father-in-law and the current Minister of State for Education Anthony Anwuka, was the former Secretary to Imo State
Government.
People
are bitter and angry because their needs are not being met. The welfare of the
people in need will be secured when the salaries of civil servants are paid on
monthly basis, when pensioners are duly paid, when jobs are created for the
teeming youths; to get them out of the streets, when water supply is regular
and clean, when there is steady power supply for technicians, hairdressers,
welders, etc. to work with and help boost the economy, etc. Will Ministry of
Happiness make all these possible? We have good and talented comedians in
Nigeria so I don’t think we need this office because it seems to me like this
Ministry of Happiness is created to stir up temporal laughter to make people
forget their sorrows while their problems linger.
I
think this is the height of madness, or are we yet to experience another? Another
election season is approaching; the best thing for Nigerians to do is to boycott
elections if the candidates are from the present and past leaders. We need a
change of leadership please. This political madness has reached its peak.
Written by Olive Chinyere Amajuoyi
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