By Emmanuel Aziken
One of the indignities that Nigerians have continued to suffer since the advent of our “fledgling democracy” is the impunity with which elected public officials assault our sense of propriety in the use of our common patrimony. Particularly revolting is the personalisation of government property by elected office holders who make no qualms branding government projects in their own images.
It is especially a sordid story with our governors. The governors have the effrontery to brand government buses purchased either for public transportation or higher institutions in their names.
This desecration of public assets has now degenerated to the disgusting and criminal point where legislators label constituency projects executed with public funds as projects donated by them.
It is such a repugnant move that fouls the essence of representative democracy for…
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