na way he the all the timena weak e government e dey ooFor the interest of our youths who were not born before this revolutionary and iconic master of Afrosongs took a bow to be with his maker, I will briefly state that Fela Anikulapo Kuti, also known professionally as Fela Kuti or simply as Fela, was one of the very few multi-instrumentalists, and a profoundly gifted musician, composer, pioneer of the Afrobeat music genre.
Fela had spoken about the theft of humongous amounts of money which was in the region of #2 billion, considered as very huge as at 1979. His fascinating song titled “Army arrangement” which was released by Fela Kuti and Egypt band of 1980, deeply reflected the very same issues of lack of thoroughness, lack of respect for merit in appointments of public office holders and the culture of patronage amongst politicians which he chose to call Paddi Paddi government.
A look at the ongoing confirmation hearings for the ministerial nominees before the senator Ahmed Lawan-led senate has revealed that this may as well be the worst senate Nigeria has ever seen right from 1999 when democracy staged a comeback through the monumental pressures mounted by pro-democracy activists and the eventual capitulation by the last of the brutal military dictators that was standing as at 1999- General Abdulsalami Alhaji Abubakar.
By their lack of thoroughness the senate headed by Ahmed Lawan, who himself is a product of godfatherism of president Muhammadu Buhari, has demonstrated a lack of capacity and the political will to deliver good governance anchored on the ability of the legislature to provide robust checks and balances over the executive and legislature.
Any appointment to the office of Minister of the Government of the Federation shall, if the nomination of any person to such office is confirmed by the Senate, be made by the President.