As Akpabio Says Governors Fight Their Predecessors Immediately They Resume Office
The Senate leader, Michael Opeyemi Bamidele on Tuesday disclosed that the much expected Ministerial list will be received by the Senate in the next 48 hours.
Speaking at his 60th birthday anniversary lecture and book presentation in Abuja, Bamidele said that President Bola Tinubu told him this morning when he called to greet him on his birthday lecture, adding that the President said he will not be able to come to the birthday lecture because of the communication he needed to submit to Senate in the next 48 hours.
Speaking at the birthday lecture, the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio lamented that governors in Nigeria always fight their predecessors immediately they resumed office.
Akpabio applauded the celebrant for his loyalty to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for over 30 years when he served as aide to him in National Assembly in 1992.
Akpabio who expressed displeasure with the attitude of governors to their successors said there is no former governor that has not have an issue with his governor citing issues of Senator Adams Oshiomole, Senator Adamu Ailero apart from that of Ekiti state, Abiodun Oyebamiji.
The President of the Senate said, “The Governor of Ekiti state is a great example of what leadership should be, he has remained steadfast.
“As a Governor, the moment you handover power to your successor, he will turn on you, either his taste will change or attitude, there is no governor in Nigeria that has no problem with their successor apart from Ekiti governor that is why we have to celebrate Senator Micheal Opeyemi Bamidele for the kind of his person.”
Also speaking at the event, former Vice Chancellor of the University of Lagos, Prof. Toyin Ogundipe, disclosed that Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), Vehicle Inspection Officers (VIO) have no business in the convoy of President Bola Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima once the Police is in the convoy.
The former Vice who delivered a lecture at the 60th birthday anniversary lecture urged political officeholders to reduce the number of vehicles in their convoy to show Nigerians that they feel their pains in this season.
Ogundipe said: “There is a need for our leaders to reduce the number of vehicles in their convey so that Nigerians will know that you feel their pains.
“There is nothing VIO, Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) are doing in the entourage of President and Vice President once you have police in the convoy.”
Speaking on the issue of Insecurity in Nigeria, Prof. Ogundipe said that the issue of insecurity is a global problem, saying there are more crimes in the countries condemning Nigeria, “but it is possible to change the narrative because they control cyberspace.”
