From Emma Chukwuanukwu, Lagos
The National Association of Yoruba Descendants in North America (Egbe Omo Yoruba) has condemned the attitude displayed by the Speaker of House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole and Governor Gbenga Daniel of Ogun state during the commissioning of Ota Bridge.
The group, in a statement signed by its General Secretary for Public Affairs, Oladapo Odunlami wondered why the Speaker of the House of Reps and a state governor will both engage themselves in a fight publicly.
According to the statement, "it is a very sad thing to see the number four citizen of a country and a governor being involved in such a shameful act. Both of them are leaders and they are supposed to portray the quality of a good leader. Fighting over the commissioning of an ordinary bridge is very ridiculous.
"Whether it was Gbenga that started it or Dimeji; whether the papers reported it as scuffle, fight, or tearing of shirts, the fact is that both men represent part of the problems of Nigeria.
"When public officials throw decorum to the streets and act like touts there is no excuse. It is all part of our shameful story. A speaker of the House of Representative fighting with his state governor over the commissioning of a bridge, it should be a shame on both of them", Odunlami said in the statement.
The group while describing the acts as "a national show of shame", called on the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to call both Bankole and Daniel to order. "We have enough public disgrace by men of the ruling party. The other day, it was men of the National Assembly and now two notable politicians of the same party.
"The PDP must realise that the country doesn't belong to one man and therefore they can't continue to bring ignominy to the whole country. The party leaders must call their men to order because they are not showing good examples for the upcoming generation.
"They must also realise that the whole world is watching and whatever we do today will become history tomorrow and history will also be there to judge us", the statement read in part.
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