Viewers corner’s correspondent in Abuja (Nigeria) learnt that governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers state recently mentioned that if anyone is coming to Rivers state for the election rerun, the person would have to write his or her will first, this is a very wrong statement coming from a state governor (Nysom Wike). Whether such statement was used in contest or not, it should not have been used this way. There are more better ways a leader can issue his or her statement that would be generally acceptable and not the way he has put it, he is wrong. Again what are they fighting for? Is the ´´I want my own person to be there kind of attitude´´. This is not for the best interest of the people in the state and most of these leaders have no good means of livelihood assuming their tenure of office as governors or senators end, that is why they are fighting so hard most probably to remain in power so that they could grab whatever amount of wealth that can last a whole life time for them or install their own person so that looting can continue even when they are no longer in power. Somehow we blame the federal government and the law makers for that, our take on this is that the federal government of Nigeria and the law makers should workout more lucrative or attractive package for both the president, governors, senators and every other public office holder in the country so that when they retire, they would be able to maintain the standard they were used to during their period as leaders. Some of these problems of stealing public funds and staying in power or fighting to be in power or to install someone very close to them is for security reasons so that whosoever they brought in to take over from them would always cover their terrible past records. Democracy means development and creating better life for the citizens of the country, it should not be seen as a do or die affair. Share intelligence through dialogue and so on, this is part of what democracy teaches us. Therefore we (Viewers corner) are appealing to the federal government of Nigeria and the Nigerian law makers to look into the remuneration packages of all the leaders and every other citizen of the country because we believe that if proper benefits are given to them after they must have been retired as leaders, this issue of ´´I must install my own kind of person to take over from where I stopped´´ should be reduced. This system has caused so much problems in the country (Nigeria) and lots of innocent citizens have lost their lives as a result of that so the time to act and put an end to this issue is now, anyone who lost an election should accept it in good faith. Again it is our God given right to aspire to any level we want to in life but it has to be done in a more modest and peaceful manner not by using hurtful words against our fellow human beings or killing another human being to get there, this is totally wrong and unacceptable.
Source: Viewers Corner News.