All the right words
As a student of Nigerian government and politics for 40 years, I often feel that people take as many steps forward as they take back. Events I can be optimistic about are often balanced by things that cause me to despair.Today, I offer three examples. This one offers hope. The others are discouraging.
Nigerian President Yar'Adua said all the right things the other day if he wanted to sound like a model supporter of the rule of law.
The president's statement was quoted in Leadership (Abjua).
I'll Abide By Tribunal's Ruling - Yar'Adua
"President Umaru Yar'Adua has expressed his readiness to abide by the tribunal ruling on the petitions over the April presidential elections results which declared him winner...
"[The statement concluded,] 'As an administration with a healthy record of respect for the rule of law, government would abide with the decision, as individuals, we do not always agree with the judgment of the courts, but we have to abide by it.'"
Labels: Nigeria, politics, rule-of-law
posted by Ken Wedding @ 5:26 AM
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