As if the controversy surrounding the inclusion of embattled
minister of Aviation, Stella Oduah, wasn’t enough, the recent trip to Israel
embarked upon by the President of Nigeria Goodluck Jonathan has been nothing
but a PR disaster for him.
It was initially revealed that he was being accompanied to
Israel by 19 Christian governors and the sheer profligacy of that made
Nigerians react.
This report was quickly denied by the Presidential
spokesman, Rueben Abati, who set the records straight and revealed the names of
a few government dignitaries who will be part of the president’s delegation to
Israel. This made Nigerians focus attention on another aspect of the trip: the
inclusion of Stella Oduah, who has been embroiled in a car purchase saga.
While they were on the trip, investigative journalism
revealed that the President was accompanied on the trip by 11 governors and 8
deputy governors, not 19 governors as “erroneously” reported earlier.
I’m trying my best not to laugh here. What is the difference
between “19 governors” and “11 governors and 8 deputy governors”?
And that is just the number of governors. Not counting the
ministers and members of the House of Reps and Senators that would have been
part of that delegation.
Each governor, House of Reps member, Senator and minister
would have his or her own delegation.
In total it was reported that President Jonathan Goodluck
too over 800 personnel with him to Israel.
Pictures have also emerged of the President cutting a giant
cake while in the Holy land: the proverbial national cake to be shared only by
the 800 government officials with him.
Sometimes one wonders: which is more profligate, a military
or civilian administration?
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