Interesting!! Funny though!! The legal minds have spoken and are still speaking. And now is the turn of ‘we’ the discerning minds to speak (out and up) on this matter. Seriously and Candidly so!! So we also shall contribute to the foregoing subject of asset declaration by President Muhammad Buhari and his vice, PASTOR Osinbajo.
Public Declaration of Assets by the President, his vice and any and/or every public official, whether elected or appointed under the current dispensation of the much touted and indeed expected CHANGE should not have become a debatable issue talk less of controversial subject but for the unfortunate twist the somewhat posturing of President Buhari and his vice, PASTOR-PROFESSOR Osinbajo have presumably taken, nay, supposedly taking with respect to the ‘public’ declaration of their assets.
Suffice to note that the duo largely won the last general election on their much touted INTEGRITY QUOTENT which was roundly elusive in the past administration of Dr. Goodluck Jonathan. Ordinary Nigerians who knew practically nothing about Constitutional provisions wholesomely and wholeheartedly voted for the duo primarily because of moral necessity and normal exigencies of the time and in the land and not necessarily because of Constitutional what have you or Legal Technicalities surrounding the person and office of the president and the presidency.
As much as the President and his vice have fulfilled the conditions set out by the Constitution of the Federal Republic, which is the legal code and premise for asset declaration. it behooves them to fulfill the moral code and social obligation thereof to publicly declare their assets.
My last assertion on moral code is in view of the fact that, beyond the oaths of office, they also sworn by the Holy and Noble Books (Bible and Qu’ran) to be truthful in their dealings with Nigerians. Though Code of Conduct Bureau and Freedom of Information are there in the Constitution and may be explored by the public on this matter, such are not in the Holy and Noble Books they sworn with and as such they owe it a duty to also do the bidding of the Holy and Noble Writs that demand and command leaders to be ‘lay bare’ every hidden things before G-d and man.
Though it has been evinced that the President and his vice MAY make their assets known to the public on or before their 100days in office, let it be noted that such claim is neither here nor there as nothing categorical had been publicly or officially said about this either by the President or his vice nor any of their handlers, particularly their newly appointed spokesmen and the(ir) party, APC.
There’s always a path of nobility and honor to take in situations like these. Morality should and must supercede legality. There’s always moral face to every legal issue. Hope the personalities involved will not at this time hide under the veil of constitutional provision to provoke the anger of the people against them.
Public opinions on issues like this can readily dent the image and whatever efforts of government. It is too early for Pres. Buhari and his vice PASTOR Osinbajo to get themselves caught in the Web of smeared public opinion. Perception is everything as they say in political parlance. The body language of this administration should show better sign of transparency, probity and frugality. Nigerians will not settle for less because these are what over 12millions Public masses massively voted for on March 28 this year.
I hope and particularly so that the Vice President, PASTOR-Professor Osinbajo will be alive and astute to both the spiritual and intellectual responsibilities that come with the social and public duties he now finds himself handling. Take a cue from Joseph the Great grandson of Abraham the patriarch, who served Pharaoh in Egypt and also from Daniel of the Bible that served the Kings of Babylon and Persia.
I use the title and word PASTOR-PROFESSOR advisedly to describe the vice president, Osinbajo and this should be instructive for both the legal and discerning minds.
I look forward to the day when our PASTORS in our various churches will publicly ‘make known’ their sources of wealth and ‘make manifest’ the amount of their asset first to their congregation and by extension, the public. And I hope PASTOR-PROFESSOR Osinbajo can by his actions in public service leads the way and unwittingly champion this course.
I am wont to remember a comment reportedly credited to Pastor E.A Adeboye of RCCG that all politicians are liars and/or could/should not be trusted. Hope our President, Muhammad Buhari and particularly his vice, PASTOR-PROFESSOR Osinbajo will prove the highly revered Oracle of God in RCCG wrong on his assertion that even men of G-d when decked in political garments readily lose the mark of truthfulness and forthrightness.
The mark of a Pastor (and also a Mallam) should be to keep to his words. President Buhari and by extension his vice, PASTOR-PROFESSOR Osinbajo promised to PUBLICLY declare their assets during the electioneering campaign. It is only normal and obligatory for them to do so PUBLICLY in the way and manner an ordinary PUBLIC masses that massively voted for them can see.
Save us the wahala of all this constitutional juggernaut and legal technicalities. Make governance and leadership straightforward and simple by your actions and utterances.
It is too early for you, President Buhari and the Vice President PASTOR-PROFESSOR Osinbajo to create a pedestal of mistrust among the governed. Act swiftly and prudently. Flow with the pace of the public opinion on this issue and every other issues. Delay can be dangerous.
And if you both care to know, as we the public shall be dare to tell you, there’s a perception downtown that you guys are foot dragging if not confused on the issue of governance. Your inability to name the Chief of Staff, Secretary to the Government of the Federation and others for over a week after your swearing give concern and send strange, if not bad omen to the public that massively voted for you.
To our dear Vice President, PASTOR Osinbajo, you should know too well the verdict of your G-d on those that exit ‘lukewarm’ in the service of G-d and to humanity. May you and your principal(s) and party be not ‘sup out’ of office, relevance and goodwill in the immediate, the future and forever.
To President Muhammad Buhari, I hope this Public Asset Declaration thing is not another Taqquyah?! And to the Vice President, PASTOR-PROFESSOR, hope same is not the guile of the Serpent/Satan to deceive so as to have your way into Aso Rock?! Both of you are well schooled in the things of the Scriptures and the Spiritual to know what am implying.
Trust and credibility are at stake here. A damage done by whatever of your (in)actions within the next 100days in office may not be repaired in the next 4years.
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