THE LAMENTATION OF 100 DAYS CRITICS

By Barr. Omeiza Shadrach, E.

The wee hours of 27th day of April, 2016, witnessed an upsurge of criticism from the expectant critics waiting for the 100 days in office of Governor Yahaya Bello. True to their readiness, they viciously slammed Governor Yahaya Bello for utter failure to deliver or transform Kogi State to their desired haven within 100 days, but alas, its just 90 days of Governor Yahaya Bello in office.  This shows a matchless level of expectation from the critics, albeit in a twisted manner.

The past administration really tried, in fact seriously tried to transform Kogi State to El Dorado but is only that we cannot just see and point to the visible result of their projects, not even a microscopic one. Pardon the sarcasm. However, just to mention few, ghost workers dominate civil service and civil servants stopped smiling their ways to the Banks. Courtesy of the past administration.

It is okay to expect development and transformation in the State from the current administration but the problem is living in the denial of the bad shape in which Governor Yahaya Bello met the State. Also alarming, is to expect the Governor to do in 100 days what the previous administration could not do in 1,460.9688 days! This is practically an expectation impossible.

Any developmental adherent should take a short trip to Kogi State and assess every strata of the State, and then come and tell the whole world if there is any good news to tell. To say nothing but the truth, every sincere person will wonder how and where the Governor will start from, considering the particular and peculiar kind of economic and social infirmity in the State.

Governor Yahaya Bello has never and will never shy away from his responsibilities as the Governor of the State on whose table the buck stops. He is ready to turn around the fortune of the State for the good of all and this he has started gradually and surely.
But he is not going the way of get it done quick critics, he is going to take his time step by step to accomplish a lasting solution to every sector of the State. As we may all agree that great change takes time.  

Every Kogite is a lover of the State and if that is true and correct, every dissent and sabotage must be abandoned in a hurry to have a progressive and prosperous State. Our people deserve good life, and nothing short of good life they will get under the administration of Governor Yahaya Bello.

Let us pray for his success and not his downfall. Governor Yahaya Bella shall succeed and take Kogi State to a higher level of progress. So help us God!