The 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Social gathering, Peter Obi has mentioned the confrontation between the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike and a Naval officer, Yerima, requires nationwide refections.
Reacting in a submit on Wednesday, Obi, a former governor of Anambra State, mentioned Nigeria should study from the episode.
“It’s time to rebuild a nation the place establishments are stronger than people; the place public workplace is exercised with humility and restraint; the place the dignity of our uniformed officers and the rights of each citizen are upheld,” he mentioned.
He remarked, “The current useless altercation between the FCT Minister, HE, Barr. Nyesom Wike and a Naval officer are yet one more unlucky reflection of the rising institutional dysfunction in our nation. What ought to ordinarily be a routine civic encounter has, as soon as once more, develop into a nationwide embarrassment— a typical instance popping out of a ‘disgraced nation’
Past the personalities concerned, this incident raises basic questions that demand trustworthy nationwide reflection:
Ought to the army be used for purely civil operations? If correct protocols have been in place, ought to a Minister’s intervention in such a matter be in such an indecorous method?
Shouldn’t there be clear boundaries between administrative authority and the duties of safety companies?
What does this say about our respect for establishments and the separation of powers? Why are our women and men in uniform so typically drawn into civilian disputes? Why has the tradition of due course of and civility given approach to public spectacle and confrontation? If our establishments labored as they need to, would tempers flare in conditions that needs to be dealt with by clear process and hierarchy? Above all, what instance do incidents like this set for our youthful technology about management, self-discipline, and the rule of legislation?
These usually are not simply questions on one incident – they go to the very coronary heart of how our nation is ruled. When public officers act past institutional norms, and when safety companies are utilized in ways in which blur their skilled boundaries, we weaken each governance and public belief.
We should study from this episode. It’s time to rebuild a nation the place establishments are stronger than people; the place public workplace is exercised with humility and restraint; the place the dignity of our uniformed officers and the rights of each citizen are upheld.
A rustic that aspires to greatness and feels insulted when known as a disgraced nation should change the tradition of impunity with the self-discipline of legislation, order, and respect for due course of.
Repeatedly, I’ve maintained that to occupy an workplace and be known as His Excellency, Distinguished or Honourable, how we get to such an workplace and our character and behavior whereas holding it or out of it ought to mirror such exemplary titles in all ramifications.”