Obi Of Onitsha
OpenLife Nigeria reports that like what seems an indirect reply to Senator Adams Oshiomhole’s outpour to the effect that it is better to have 774 thieves than having one big thief, the Obi of Onitsha, His Royal Majesty, Nnaemeka Achebe, has warned that with the increasing level of corruption in the country which is akin to milking a cow, the cow would soon die if incorruptible milking was not stopped.
Senator Adams Oshiomhole, representing the Edo North senatorial district, while speaking at a forum on local government autonomy organized by the House of Representatives on Monday, December 2, 2024, remarked that , “It’s better to have 774 local government chairmen who are thieves than one big thief.”
He added that every local government in Nigeria can produce one or two billionaires, rather than having just one billionaire in the state.
But the Obi of Onitsha sees it differently.
According to him, the political class and those in leadership positions must put public interest above personal and individualistic interest if Nigeria as a country must grow beyond its current position.
In his goodwill message on Monday in Abuja at the public presentation of a book, ‘Bold Leap’ authored by Senator Chris Anyanwu, His Royal Majesty lamented the insincerity the political class has exhibited towards accountability and good governance.
He likened it to the ignoble attitude to milking the cow continuously without replenishing and sustaining it.
In the views of most Nigerians, Senator Oshiomhole has declared, in unmistakable terms, that corruption is a way to go in governance under the present All Progressives Congress, APC government.
His out pour only implies duplication of corruption across strata.
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