There can never be an endto sloganeering in the ambience of politicking and political contestations in Nigeria. “No man is God”, a slogan that dominated the political space in Edo State on the heels of the 2003 governorship election victory by Lucky Nosakhare Igbinedion, was a creation of the Grace Group, a dissident political group within the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Edo, funded by Igbinedion.

Overtime, majority of African public health laboratories delivered sub-optimal services and were not in a position to contribute to quality health system as most performed poorly, hindered by dilapidated infrastructures, poor development and implementation of quality management systems. Functioning laboratories are essential to identify a disease, ensure patients get the correct treatments and allow resistance to be tracked.

With the partisan, vociferous solidarity of Nigerian Bar Association, Civil Society Organisations, vocal lawyers, activists, journalists, students, public affairs commentators, politicians, etc., for Justice Isa Ayo Salami, the suspended President of the Court of Appeal; taking a contrary stance on the matter would appear somewhat ill-advisedly suicidal.

I DID ask in my last piecewhether the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Katsina-Alu, is above the law. I ask because, for me, while respect for the office of the CJN should remain sacrosanct, men or women who occupy this exalted office must be subjected to critical scrutiny. This is crucial in order to prevent their personality traits from bringing infamy to this highly revered office.

They are both retired military generals andseptuagenarians. They are both Grand Commanders of the Federal Republic. They both enjoyed the rare privilege of ruling the Giant of Africa for as many years as the greatest and best achieving American president ever had no privilege to surpass.