Missing Mace: A symbol of authority and insecurity

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By Rev Fr John Damian Adizie

An adage says, When materials are dirty they are taken to the stream for washing but when the stream or water is poll-uted what can one use to wash a dirty water? This is exactly what has played out in the so-called miss-ing mace at the National Assembly.

The manner with which the mace was smuggled out of the cha-mber by hoodlums shows the level of insecurity and vulnerability in our country Nigeria. The so-called dra-ma or child’s play is grad-ually getting out of hand!

Assembly Mace

The mace, I suppose, is the symbol of authority in any given nation. I usually see the mace as a legal and even a sacred symbol. If the security agencies could not protect an ordi-nary mace how are we su-re that they could protect the members of the House of assembly.

With this mi-ssing mace it has now be-come obvious that if pro-per measures are not ta-ken anyone…



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