AS Nigerians greet themselves happy New Year today with guffaws, chances are that many of these greetings would be hollow and hackneyed. But contrary to his chest-thumping during a courtesy visit by residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), the country has never had it so bad. Sadly, governance across the states has also suffered from the same weaknesses that have hobbled the Federal Government. In most of the states, local governments exist only in name: they cannot execute meaningful projects. It is time the people held their representatives to account so that the Happy New Year salutations will cease from being a vacuous, ritualistic monotone.

Source: Nigerian Tribune January 01, 2020 02:48 UTC