The secretary to the government
of the federation, Boss Mustapha, has explained the reason for the payment of
N40 million to the account of a former president instead of buying vehicles. According
to law, former presidents and heads of state are entitled to vehicles but Mustapha
said it was monetized for a particular president.
According to Premium Times, the
secretary to the government of the federation said that they are entitled to
that by law, saying they took a decision to give them the money to buy vehicles
of their choices instead of buying the vehicles. He said that one of them
qualified for it this year and that was why the N40 million was paid, adding
that the remaining will qualify for it next year or thereabout.
However, Senator Duro Faseyi
who is a member of the committee argued that giving them money is against the
appropriation act, as there is no clause that said they should be given money
instead. This is aside the numerous
allowances and entitlements legalized to be paid and given to the former heads
of state and some others.
It is not far-fetched indeed
that our past and present leaders are the real enemies of Nigeria. Nigerian
laws are made just to favour them. It doesn’t matter whether the country will
die after them or not.
Good leadership is a call for
sacrifice. If at all our leaders mean well for this country, then they ought to
pity this country by giving up some of their outrageous benefits for the
country to grow. When that sacrifice is made, then there will be growth and
development and everybody will enjoy, either in their own time or generations
to come.
The today’s generation enjoying
in developed countries are enjoying the sweat and sacrifice of generations
before them. Don’t our past leaders have cars presently? Don’t they have enough
money stored in banks for their generations unborn? Of course they can survive
comfortably with what they already have. Their greed just wouldn’t allow them
to make some sacrifices for the growth of the country they call their own.
These are the leaders whose
contributions to the development of Nigeria have never been felt by Nigerians.
What meaning achievement did they make during their time as leaders? I forgot
that calling them leaders is a grammatical error because they are not; they are
just politicians. We are not slaves to the laws we made. Most of our laws are
malicious and should be viewed as repugnant to natural justice, equity and good
judgment. Some of these laws have turned most Nigerians to complete idiots. If
Nigeria must survive, then our laws must be revisited because our laws are more
of our problems.
Written by Olive Chinyere Amajuoyi
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