IT may sound too sweeping a statement to make but it is true to say that most people who find their way into leadership positions in Nigeria deep their hands in the coffers. Most of our so-called leaders have criminal tendencies and they have no greater purpose for seeking public office than to help themselves to and keep in perpetuity what belongs to all.

IN a piece entitled ‘Buhari’s dilemma: Nigerians’ anxiety’ that appeared here a fortnight ago, this column commented on the dilemma in which President Muhammadu Buhari seemed to have found himself naming his ministers.

FIRST a disclaimer: let the reader understand that nothing said in this space this week denies the subject’s claim to protection on that principle that guarantees an accused person’s right to presumption of innocence until proven guilty.

THESE are not the best of times for Bukola Saraki, Senate President and chairman of the so-called 8th National Assembly that has done virtually nothing about its law-making responsibilities, but has continued to rip Nigerians off collecting huge allowances for practically sitting on its palm and watching the sun go down each day since it was inaugurated last June.

IT is not uncommon for Nigerian politicians to make a norm of the abnormal and by that pretend to be making some profound statement. These politicians who many times cannot think outside the box are too quick to copy habits and ways they know nothing about. I say this in the wake of criticisms that have been levelled against state governors yet to constitute their cabinets by appointing commissioners.