While others especially people from my home town (Kabba) sees Prince Kolawole speakership as a blessing, it appears more like a curse as it was orchestrated to suppress the voices calling on Kogi State government to make open the handling of civil servants salaries and welfares.
The white lion in Lugard house as popularly called by his worshipers would do everything possible to remove from office anybody that dare mention the need for the dying civil servants to be paid their entitlements.
I can't deny the fact that there were cold wars between the governor and the like of SDM and Imam the ousted speaker, but what triggers the move from the executive to get them out of office was the singular fact that they dare "the no go area" (civil servants welfare)
When I was contacted to congratulate the new speaker by a family member, I said I will never celebrate such dark day in Kogi State. Kola emergence symbolises triumphant of executive recklessness. Invading the hallowed chamber with thugs to elude making public the true state of the endless staff verification exercise deserve not my celebration.
How will I celebrate the fall of the ex speaker who dare allowed the motion calling on the executhieves to be sincere, responsible and accountable in dealing with Civil Servant because his successor is from my village and my clan? Am proud of my people, but what I will not celebrate is the triumphant of tyranny, extremism, anarchy and oppression of vulnerable Kogites.
Let me draw our attention to the fact that Kola will continue to play to the gallery and dictates of the executhieves for the next six months or more irrespective of their excesses if he must remain in their good book. The question is who is to tame the White Lion that is voraciously devouring the state resources and dancing on the graves of people who lost their lives as a result of this endless suffering?
Let me not dwell much on what Kola's speakership means to the civil servants and digress to why I refuse to celebrate my blood brother emergence as the speaker. I remember how you (Mr. Speaker) raised my hope in Riverton hotel Lokoja last week that our family should be expecting good news any moment from now, yes here are we with the good news that mean nothing but bad omen to the civil servants and Kogi as a whole.
Even while I don't want to be seen as the black sheep of the family, notwithstanding the level of hunger at home informed my sympathy and patriotism. I know Kola too well from childhood and I equally know he lack the will or courage to face challenges that will jeopardize his personal interest.
While I rest my fingers and halt my participation on political reggae in Kogi State, I must commend the ex speaker for standing for the truth even when it means exiting the speakership seat.
Gbenga Baiyetemisi writes from Lokoja.
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