“MAKURDI—the Minister of
Interior, Comrade Abba Moro has declared ahead of the forthcoming general
elections that there would be no vacancy in Aso Rock come 2015. Moro urged all
those aspiring for the position of president to jettison the idea and allow
President Goodluck Jonathan to compete all the good works he started for the
country.” NEWS STORY
Mr Moro was informing us predictably and true to type. It is
a Nigerian, and also a very African syndrome that officeholders never want to
make their seats vacant, despite the fact that those “seats” are transient and
not permanent. Africans regard occupying official positions as a right, as a
worth to die for or die in; as their own personal success or achievement in
life, and hence must not be relinquished to anybody else.