PRESIDENTIAL EXECUTIVE ORDER 6. DISTORTED MINDS AND JAUNDICE EYES, NIGERIANS ARE WE READY TO
MOVE FORWARD BY IMBIBING CHANGES IN OUR SYSTEM?
I thought Nigerians
said they wanted a change. It is evident that when such change comes, our
tendril will incline to distortionary mind and jaundiced eyes.
It is a fact that no one is perfect, but when one bring in
good thing that can help move us forward, it is good to adopt it. It is
different if one did not understand, then asking question will be good.
On the 5th of July 2018 the President signed into
Law an Executive Order 6, which we learnt that will enable the Agencies in charge
of Economic Financial misappropriation in high places to seize their assets
while investigation is going on. I learnt that the President is of the opinion
that if these properties are not seized, the suspects will use the proceeds
from those asset to pervert the cause of justice, or sponsor acts that may be
injurious to the nation state.
I even learnt that the law is copied from USA, HMMM.
My problem is why the distorted mind in this? For I have not
seen any new thing in it.
As far as I know, this is exactly what police do when they
arrest nobody in the society. It you are a suspect of theft, conversion and
embezzlement, police will first block your account, get a search warrant to
search the house, and on the process if they see any other incriminating items
they will seize it, until you prove ownership of same before they release them
to you. So why is this criticisms of the government of the day for signing this
into law?
If the sacred cows are declaring their asset correctly at the
code of conduct bureau there will be no need for President to do this. We all
know that all the bribery and corruption going on in high places is being used
to acquire properties all over the world both in their name and in the name of
their relations and fake companies.
In a fair society where conscience is still breathing fresh
air, an office holder under a suspicious
criminal investigation supposed to resign and face his trial first and be
restituted if found not guilty, so as not to temper with investigation or
destroy evidence and other act that can blind the cause of justice with his or
her influence and for natural justice sake and morality.
Are we not ashamed that our hammer of justice only strike
when the less privilege is involved and becomes a blessing to the rich? The
more the influential and the affluence commits abomination, the more they are
popular, hailed, promoted and rewarded and we are crying foul that our nation
is sinking.
It is better to copy good things from each government that
comes and go and institutionalize it for the next to follow, since they cannot
satisfy all. Restitution remains the only forgiveness for a thief. And it is
trite law that no one is allowed to benefit from his/her own wrong doing. Let
us hail government when they do good and show our displeasure when evil is done
and make sure they correct it.
The distorted mind and jaundice eyes we exercise in our
polity is not building but destroying and separating us. There is nothing new
in this order 6, it has been there and has been in practice by our police, let
us leave it there for other coming administration, it is very good to check
mate the office holders, especially in declaring their assets, any asset not
declared should be seized using this order.
