Jesus says: “Beware of these Pharisees and the way they pretend to be good when they aren’t. But such hypocrisy cannot be hidden forever. It will become as evident as yeast in dough.” (Luke 12:1-2).

I was warned by Tusser and by the Yoruba adage about borrowing clothes. But, what can a guy do when a call came “from above” that the VC (Emeritus) of UniJankara who had bested virtually the best economists in government, by being so accurate in his predictions, can no longer be allowed to have the picture of a “Palm Wine Tapper” at the top of his columns. “Go get a suit” said the voice “from above”. That was easier said than done. I had no suit to get.

As the law permits, Speaker Aminu Tambuwal remains Speaker of the National House of Representatives, until the House convenes and the Majority Leader in the House musters the whip to get enough votes to elect a new speaker. It is fairly clear that the Job of the Speaker of the House is dependent largely on the privileges of the Majority party in Parliament or a governing coalition.

Godswill Akpabio has been in office as Governor of Akwa Ibom since 2007. He has since then done quite a lot for which he will be remembered in the history of the State. When compared with governors of other states and other Akwa Ibom governors before him, it is likely that he would stand taller than many in the pace of state development. Akwa Ibom International Stadium can probably be described as the last of the most grandiose projects he undertook. Perhaps that explains why he always advertises his work with the title “uncommon transformation”.

The people who drafted the constitution apparently did not envisage that a Vice-President who takes over after a President had died in office and who subsequently gets elected on his own merit might wish to contest for a second term.