Bank Governor’s Diarrhea Of The Mouth?
It may not be. City Peep is not a medical doctor to determine what a person is suffering from. It may be that His Excellency the Bank Governor was just day dreaming or thinking aloud. Or was it a careless statement made in the wrong place? Such statements, making a serious indictment of the judiciary, are better made in one’s dining room or bedroom.
If we all spoke about what we thought even in our marriage partners or other members of our families or friends, etc., it would be a topsy-turvy world, which is why we should think deeply before we utter especially critical statements.
The fact that he said it in public signifies that he had harboured that opinion long before he cleared his chest. He is a high profiled academic and one wonders why he can think in such naïve way. Is that what academism is all about? Is it about thinking like the man in the street? Is that the kind of thinking with which he governs the Bank? Is that the kind of thinking that Dr J.D. Rogers used to govern the Bank?
Having realized that he had embarrassed himself, and by extension the Bank of Sierra Leone, he had no alternative but to apologize and to attempt to lie. But unfortunately for him there was a recording.
Next time he will advise himself to think before speaking instead of speaking before thinking. An unbridled tongue is worst of diseases.
President Bio Honored Or Worshipped?
It is always prudent to give honor to whom honor is due. As a result the head of a state should be accorded the highest honor of that state. They said there are times when honor gradually slips into worshipping unwittingly.
This appears to be the case with regards our presidential convoys past and present. We were expecting a New Direction with the incumbent President, but what we are experiencing is in fact the same old direction. Incidentally a man was recently indicted for obstructing a Presidential convoy which is right.
The President should not be held up when the whole state is waiting on him. The blame is however the traffic jam, which is the cause resulting even to missed hospital appointments.
Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia never caused any traffic jam in Addis Ababa. His convoys with three vehicles and two motorbike riders drove through the streets unobtrusively. This is in contradiction to our New Direction Panoply of vehicles in a vain show of honor.
As if to add insult to injury, minutes later sometimes the convoy of the First Lady compounds the situation. First why a First Lady should be accorded the same protocol and honor as the President is the 64 thousand dollars question.
Firstly the Presidential convoys should be reduced. Secondly traffic should be halted minutes and not hours before the President’s convoys. What citizens are not sure is whether we are dealing with gods or human beings at State House. Let us know. Human beings, even traversing the paths of glory, die but gods do not die.
Cannibalism In Bagruwa Chiefdom?
It is alleged that Paramount Chief Coker of Bagruwa Chiefdom was chased out of his chiefdom on allegations of complicity in cannibalism. He has been in exile for five years since the A.P.C. regime. His house was burnt down as well as that of his Chiefdom Speaker.
It is not easy to convict persons who are not caught red handed in the act. But there can be circumstantial evidence, which can lead to conviction.
The dead fisherman was found floating with body parts missing apparently for ritual purposes. The police investigation does not seem to have been thorough. They can be compromised and there could be cover-ups. The chief has learnt his lesson. He was either lackadaisical or complicit. He should now be vigilant if he is innocent.