Democracy & Governance
Yobe State and the Effects of Nonchalant Leadership -By Umar Aina
The state government’s inability to professionally introduced social empowerment programs and curled tension is adding salt to the wounds of the people of the state, especially the youths whose feeling and understanding was and is always been sidelined in almost all what good democracy can offer.
In Yobe state, daft leadership continues igniting and inflaming staggering social media backlash, tense political atmosphere, and furious responses towards the state’s government officials – resulting in what may be deemed to be emerging social anxiety, though a rather unusual and extraordinary atmosphere that is furiously chopping off (to the good) the traditional political captivity in the state.
In what is presumed to be a new political era, youths have begun to express gripping concerns and furious reactions towards issues regarding the state. As staggering and devastating it may seem, it is becoming clear that sooner or later youths can start doing something different from the conservative system.
The state government’s inability to professionally introduced social empowerment programs and curled tension is adding salt to the wounds of the people of the state, especially the youths whose feeling and understanding was and is always been sidelined in almost all what good democracy can offer.
The government’s attitude of behaving defiantly at issues with the impression that some few hidden faces are the influencing factors driving the changing youths from beside the scenes.
It is widely claimed that six youths out of ten in the state are either not happy by the way the state is been governor that they are frustrated by the government’s inability to directly create jobs in the state. (unofficial findings).
The government’s lack of infrastructural prioritization and near absence of a development roadmap is crippling the state’s coffers.
Internally Generating Revenue (IGR) channels are nonchalantly neglected or abandoned due to slow and ineffective leadership – very few ministries or agencies can be deemed working in the state.
Elsewhere, in other states, Yobe’s frustrated youths knew from afar that something better (good leadership) is been achieved and is working to the best needs and interests of their people.
Why not Yobe state government understand the realities of time and raise to the occasion for the betterment of her people?
Why is it that the leadership of a needing state like Yobe operates from a proxy?
Why not the state government work in the best interest of its people?
The questions need to be answered!
Umar Aina writes from Damaturu
