An American governor just resigned because of an ordinary affair

fuad lawal

April 11, 2017 3:23 PM

They said he mismanaged state funds to satisfy personal Konji.

The Governor of Alabama just resigned because he was involved in some sex scandal.

Americans are somehow. A sitting governor, Robert Bentley literally resigned because he used state funds to cover up an affair he had with one of his employees.

Ordinary affair? The only time Nigerians governors ever leave office is when you vote them out, or when you march them out of the government house with the law.

When you tell Nigerian politicians to resign to protect the dignity of the office, they'll be like,

What's quite interesting is not the fact that he was having an affair, it's the fact that he was using state resources to cover up his relationship.

Ordinary state resources?

People that are using state funds to build houses and buy cars, and even Girlfriend Trust Fund, do they have two heads?

The Governor of Alabama said:

"I have decided that it is time for me to step down as Alabama's governor," Bentley said at a press conference Monday evening. "The time has come for me to look for new ways to serve the people of our great state."

Wonderful.

When a Nigerian politician is trying to come into office, they come begging like,

But after they mess up and you tell them to leave office, they'll be like,

Someone summarised Nigeria in one statement from Uche Okonkwo's "What The Road Offers":

"He says that one of Nigeria's biggest problems is that we have built powerful individuals and weak institutions".

Maybe our leaders will never become truly until we strengthen our institutions and hold them accountable, no matter how 'minor' we think their atrocity is.

fuad lawal