By Taiye Odewale Abuja
Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, has identifi ed double standard and lack of tenacity in holding governments and leaders accountable as major reasons for poor governance in the country. Ekweremadu stated this at the 30thPriesthood Ordination anniversary of the Bishop of Nike Diocese, Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion), Rt. Rev. Evans Ibeagha, in Enugu on Saturday. Delivering the anniversary lecture entitled “Social Contract Between Political Leaders and Citizens: Th e Imperatives of Participatory Democracy for Nation Building,” the Senator, who was represented by the President, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Enugu state Chapter, Hon. Alex Ogbonnia, called for more consistency among the religious leaders, civil society, and social crusaders.
He said: “It is sad that many critics who led street protests against policies of the last administration, such as the attempt to remove fuel subsidy with elaborate palliative, made a volt face when fuel subsidy was totally removed by the current administration without any iota of palliatives for Nigerians. “Th ose who criticised the last administration over what they termed hardship in the land and high exchange rate of about N198 to $1 have suddenly gone mute when the real hardship is staring the nation people in the face, while exchange rate has more than doubled.”
