- Politics of Amplifying Flaws and Silencing Achievements of Predecessors:: A Stratagem to Distract Governor Uzodinma.
I have gotten to a point in life where I have come to realize that there is no perfect leadership anywhere on the surface of this earth except in heaven in our Christian belief. The reason being that leaders are humans and humans are fallible and are also bound to make mistakes. Even the presumably perfect ones have their flaws which are most times made silent.
As the then governor of Imo state, it will only be illusionary to think Dist. ?Senator Rochas Okorocha would not have had his own fair share of the flaws as fallible human that he is. That notwithstanding, it does not erase the fact that he recorded numerous landmark achievements and most of those legacies in the state and beyond are enduring. To mention the least, the Eze Imo Palace where Gov. Hope Uzodinma holds meeting with Traditional Rulers of the State and the Government House Chapel where he worships every Sunday are all one of the signature projects of his predecessor, Sen. Okorocha.
That the shared prosperity government of Governor Uzodinma has continued to employ ‘politics of amplifying flaws and silencing achievements of predecessors’ as a ploy to distract Imo people from the fact that the administration is yet to record any meaningful achievement since its inception in the past 7 months leaves one wondering why the incumbent governor would not first remove the plank on his own eyes before blowing the dust out of the eye of another.
The stratagem is simple. They know they have so far failed in meeting up with their core responsibilities to the state and its people. So the best way to hoodwink the people is to continuously play up the flaws of their predecessors as if they have nothing to their credit and then present a probe panel report against Sen. Okorocha since they are aware it would make waves and engulf the media space and create momentary distractions from focusing on their inefficiency as a government.
Instead of calling on them to wake up to their sworn responsibility to the state, unrepentant sycophants who are also victims of the maladministration have ironically continued to give the shared prosperity government of Governor Uzodinma a standing ovation when it does not even deserve a wink.
Blame games will not fix our bad roads, pay civil servants and pensioners or improve the general wellbeing of the state and its people. Rather a proactive, responsible and responsive government will. This is the way to go and not getting enmeshed in politics of amplifying flaws and silencing achievements of predecessors in a bid to create unnecessary distractions.
