Wrestle-mania in the Rivers State house of Assembly.

I have always been an ardent lover of the wrestling sport right from my childhood but the appalling state of the game back here in Nigeria has further strengthened my unpatriotism towards this sport in our local domain. But whenever this sport is enacted in our various legislative houses, it arouses a high level of delectation when you see old men and women audaciously wrestling against each other without compunction. Two days ago this event played itself out in the Rivers state house of Assembly where a faction of five chose to defy the ancient law of Mathematics by stating that they represented a two-third majority out of a house of 27 members.  Section 92(2C) of the 1999 constitution of the Federal republic of Nigeria, clearly states that “The Speaker or deputy speaker of the house of Assembly  shall vacate his office if he is removed from office by a resolution of the house of assembly, by the vote of not less than two-thirds majority of the members of the house".  If after the Nigerian governors’ forum elections a faction would consider 16 votes higher than 19 then this bunch of legislators  have simply followed suit in defying a simple principle of arithmetic.

I watched with utter dismay how one of the legislators repeatedly hit the other helpless legislator with the mace without even giving him a chance to tap out, these legislators turned vagabonds invited their cohorts into the complex resorted to destruction and vandalism of equipment. I have been instigated to make this paroxysmic address because the danger this barbaric, uncultured attitude portends for we Nigerians. With just a click of a button this video can be watched on youtube and other social networks from every part of the world and this does not speak well of us. We are one of the most religious nations in the world but we do not practice what we preach, most of these legislators are knights, deacons, and holders of spiritual titles in their various places of worship but still live double standard lives.

Sanity must be instilled in our society again, if fighting in the legislative chamber attracts outright expulsion from the Assembly I think these oblivious actions would be curtailed to a large extent. We elected these men and women to legislate on our behalf not to wrestle with tax payers’ money. As 2015 draws nearer  we have to exhibit keen concern to the  caliber of people we elect into this arm of government (Legislature),  our attention should not only be fixated at the Presidential and gubernatorial elections .

This dastard display of barbarism has to be looked into incisively by the House of Representatives, which is now overseeing the affairs of the Rivers State assembly, the band of rogue-legislators who were involved in the scuffle have to be severely punished so as to serve as a deterrent to others.

This is a plea to all elected officers of government to conduct themselves in an orderly, cultured manner because they are human beings elected by human beings and not irrational animals elected by human beings.

May God continually bless Nigeria.