Governors We Want

Vanguard

26 April 2011

Governors We Want

editorial
Who Will Guard the Guards? — Governors are more powerful than most people realise. There are 36 of them and the President makes a point of kowtowing to them on most matters.

If he does not, he would have more troubles than he could anticipate.

Nigeria will not change without the governors changing their attitude to governance and the way they treat the people.

Most of the complaints about governance are about how governors are competing among themselves to be the richest, most powerful and most influential people in Nigeria, without a thought on how these will affect their people, the same people they swear to protect without fear or favour.

As Nigerians queue up today to elect their governors in most states of the country, they have a dual responsibility of electing those who watch over the activities of governors.

We have complained about the governors. We have talked about the irresponsibility of some who have billions of Naira as security votes while they govern states with the worst security situations imaginable.

How do the people feel when they and their children see the bleak future that the governors post before them?