Sir,

At times, when one considers what type of governance we enjoy in Nigeria, it makes heart bleed. The Minister of Information and Communication, Prof Dora Akunyili was all over the media on Thursday 24/09/09 telling the nation why the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting could not hold as usual the previous day.

Curiously and funny enough she attributed it to the office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) which she said could not draw up the Agenda and compilation of the various papers for the failed meeting. She went further to inform an excuse that because of the Monday and Tuesday preceding that were public holidays, it affected the whole preparation. What a serious government!

I would rather suggest to the Information Minister that if there were nothing she wants to inform the nation, she should simply not say anything. Why must a public holiday affect a routinely held meeting of Nigeria government? She should tell us that because the President had travelled out of the country to Saudi Arabia hence the meeting could not hold; people would have taken that better.  Is it an offence for the Vice-President Goodluck Jonathan to act for the President? One expects that the SGF should be queried publicly for this national disgrace.

Benjamin Maduka

3 Alheri Close

Jimeta-Yola.

madukabenjamin@yahoo.com