ON MAMA TARABA: BETWEEN POLITICS, GOVERNANCE AND LOYALTY

ON MAMA TARABA: BETWEEN POLITICS, GOVERNANCE AND LOYALTY

                            By:
Nurudeen Dauda
                 September 7, 2017
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It baffles me to note that, in Nigeria everything is about the next "election" rather than the governance issues. Let's insist on good governance for the existing mandate. In my understanding, there is difference between "politics" and governance. According to the section 99 subsection (1)of the Electoral Act 2010 as amended the period for electioneering campaigns is 90 days before polling day. As law abiding people not power- mongers we have good one year from now to kick- start campaigns. This also means that " political campaigns have only 90 days while the rest Is for governance. But unfortunately for my country the campaign for 2019 has since begun. Both the leaders and the followers talk too much about the next elections. Let's always give more emphasis on governance which Is the surest way of bettering our lots.

There is nothing strange to say that Senator, Jummai Aisha Alhassan, the Hon. Minister of Women Affairs has the right to be loyal to whomever she wants to but I doubt If she can effectively serve any government with divided loyalty. In my view, among the major factors to be considered In determining political appointments are "competence" and "loyalty" etc. Having loyalty alone without competency will not yield a better result so also competency alone without loyalty In an appointee ,In my humble opinion, Is a political suicide to any administration. For me loyalty Is very essential . Loyalty, In simple term, Is devotion and faithfulness to a cause.

With the Minister's utterances during her Sallah visits to the Former Vice President, Alh. Atiku Abubakar, Wazirin Adamawa and her BBC's Hausa Service interview It has clearly indicated that she has a "divided loyalty ". In my modest view, the Minister is having a divided loyalty which perhaps she is not the only one in the cabinet, but at least hers is now obvious. Can she serve two masters at a time? Can the saying that: "No one can serve two masters at the same time"not be true? Although the Minister has said that the Former Vice President has not told her that he Is going to contest for 2019, but as a politician I guess she would have sensed something through his body language. The Minister has also argued that President Buhari has not tell her that he will contest for 2019.

Permit me to insinuate that the Minister addressed the Former Vice President as her President come 2019 probably because she thought she was Off Air since It was a private visits forgetting that we are In a computer age where smart- phones can do everything. As for her BBC's interview where she was supposed to do damage control but Instead she goofed. So, If I were the Minister I will Immediately resign. However, If she does not resign, If I were the President even If I do not have the Intention of re- contesting In 2019 I will ask her to go by saying thank you.

I want the Minister to resign or be asked to go not because she has no right to be loyal to whomever she wants to but simply because It Is now time for governance not politics. In my understanding, the role of a Minister In a Presidential system of government Is to assist the President In fulfill his campaign promises through the Implementation of his policies and programs. The vision and mission of the government are supposed to be Implemented by all its Ministers and Agencies. As a Minister she Is supposed to mobilize and motivate all public servants under her Ministry towards the Implementation of government policies and programmes In order to fulfill the administration's campaign promises. 

In my observation, the Minister has abandoned governance issues for politics. In my view, the time for politics Is not now. Politics is the dealing and grand standing required to get elected, so that one is in a position to direct governance. More so, It is appealing to the electorate in order to win votes. However, Like government , the word governance derives, ultimately, from the Greek which means to "steer". It refers to the specific activity of ruling a country. Accordingly, governance Is about the day to day running of the nation. Most laws, when passed, are not actually directly actionable. Let's seek for good governance rather than always talking about the next elections.

May God bless Nigeria!

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