The allegations of unwholesome deals in the sale of a parcel of land that once belonged to NITEL assumed a new twist after an online publication went to town that the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Mr Mohammed Bello Adoke (SAN), received two houses as bribes from a businessman.
If the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, has his way, the nation would jettison the states, local governments and ministries which, according to him, are not viable.
The cry was vociferous in the land. The Super Eagles had just crashed out of the first World Cup on African soil tagged South Africa 2010 World Cup. With two losses and a draw, Nigerians were angry that the Eagles they expected to put up a respectable performances have again failed them, making the dream to equal Cameroon and Senegal’s quarter-final feat a mirage.
With its shambolic approach to carrying out its functions, the Code of Conduct Bureau, CCB, is in danger _ and a grave one at that – of allowing crooks to walk free.
In fact – and as publicly declared by the CCB Chairman, Mr. Sam Saba – some former state governors who had co-operated with the CCB, who have restituted, are being allowed to live their lives in peace. Indeed they are.
Yet to convince Nigerians of his sincerity on how the funds generated from the removal of the subsidy on petrol would be deployed, President Goodluck Jonathan is being buffeted by a confetti of opposition.
Alhaji Bamanga Tukur was the former governor of Gongola State. That was his immediate political office after serving as the managing director of the Nigerian Ports Authority for several years.
During the Abdulsalami Abubakar transition programme in 1998, Alhaji Tukur became one of the founding fathers of the PDP and served as a minister.
But as it is with almost all things PDP and its former national leader, Olusegun Obasanjo, the centre no longer held and, therefore, Tukur quit that government.
