My love for the state notwithstanding, Rivers State has not been lucky to have had very good leaders in this fourth republic. Yet the body language of the politicians in Rivers State does not bespeak action to reign in these bad people, to brown them off for good. In Nigeria some bad men who are reputed to have carried guns against the state are members of legislative assemblies. Go to Rivers State before Christmas up until the New Year and you will see a state locked down, no activity as all strangers would have travelled out of town. No thanks to future-blind politicians in Rivers State, the economy of the state survives on rent seeking and not on industry.

Source: The Guardian January 17, 2018 03:33 UTC