Something is definitely wrong with the elite in Adamawa State. How else can one explain the abject poverty in most communities in the state, with little or no support from well-to-do individuals, while millions of naira in legal fees and media propaganda are employed to antagonize virtually every elected government in the state? This is really worrisome. If even a small percentage of the amounts spent by our elite in fighting legal, media and political wars were spent on our communities, life would not be as bad as it is today for most of our citizens in rural areas and urban slums.
Now it appears the Adamawa elite are back to the drawing board, formulating what could be a new vista of war with the nascent government of Senator Muhammad Umar Jibrilla. Already, some cases are in court seeking to nullify his election through the back door since his fellow contestants in the last election did not go to the tribunal to challenge his victory.
The legal war is upon us, just as the impending media war, seen via the sponsorship of false news reports on social and conventional media.
As the imaginary, unwarranted and unproductive battle is being waged by the Adamawa elite, abject poverty and despondency continues to bite harder on our communities with little or no effort from the wealthy.
I mean, it took someone like Owelle Rochas Okorocha of Imo State to realize that we need schools in Adamawa State that will cater for the neglected children of poor peasants and traumatized Internally Displaced Persons. It’s indeed a shame on us all. Especially given the colossal amount we waste fighting our governments.
Ahmad Sajoh,
Yola, Adamawa state
