We leave in a time and in a country where it is very difficult to find good things to say about men and women in public life, especially in the political circles, because many of them do not inspire same. While some came saw and conquered, others conquered before they saw. Many might be genuinely convinced that some politicians are credible considering the fact that the best performed politicians are technocrat, judging from their life experiences and their administrative exposure.

Transparency International, the global civil society organisation, promoting transparency in elections, public administration, procurement and business, is not happy with the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr Dimeji Bankole.

There is a lot to reflect upon in what Ake has stated. Is western type democracy and its mechanics impossible to inculcate in our environment? We however need not agree completely with the suggestion of futility of democratic processes in this part of the world. The successes so far in Ghana, our next door neighbour, would seem to indicate otherwise.

I do believe that the law as it appears is most deviously praetorian; it clearly has the potential to restrict
the expression of opinion of individual members of the press, and on the other hand to stall the growth and development of ideas that have universally characterised the development of civilised nations.