YOU THINK YOU KNOW ME? Part 2
I’ve declined at least five offers of appointment.
Cross River State government unarguably has the highest number of appointees in the country. The race, crave and craze for appointment has been unprecedented, fueling the narrative that if you’re not in government you’re not politically relevant. So, you must do everything to get there.
One of the weapons often deployed by Governor’s media apparatchik against critics of the state government is the claim that their criticism is borne out of failure to get government appointment or patronage bla bla bla. I’ve been a victim of this narrow thinking severally. Actually, not everybody criticizes government for personal gains, some do it out of genuine quest for a change. I’m putting this out to refute that erroneous view.
I have had the privilege of being offered more than five appointments by those who have the ears of the Governor. I remain very grateful to them for extending that generosity to me knowing fully well that thousands are on the queue desperately lobbying for the same thing.
However, I turned down and declined all the offers for very obvious reasons. First, as an activist and Chairman of an opposition party in the state, it is my considered opinion that you don’t take appointment from the same government you’re criticizing when no visible change has taken place. This is because accepting such appointment puts you in compromise position and activates table manners. Remember that you can’t talk while you’re eating. Conversely, it is even suicidal to contemplate to fight from within in a system with weak and very subservient structures. To accept such appointment means to endorse the very same rubbish you spoke against and by so doing you ‘off your mic’ by yourself.
I’ve heard people tell me, “take the appointment and serve your people’. I’ve even been accused of not willing to offer my services to the state. This is really not correct. I’ve served the state in the past and could still do so in a better organized administration. I maintain without fear of contradiction that what we have in the state now is nothing but a charade. Even those in government understands clearly that the state currently is a sinking ship wobbling helplessly to the shore of 2023. Really, we can’t wait!
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