THE burial of the mother of Senator Ayogu Eze, Mrs. Paulina Eze, has certainly come and gone, but the political undertones and dusts still linger.
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First, the ability of federal legislators from EnuguState led by the Deputy Senate President, Chief Ike Ekweremadu to get President Goodluck Jonathan to attend the burial speaks political volumes, especially in the face of the rising political overbearingness of the State Government on many of the lawmakers.
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It is indeed one presidential visit the Governor of the State, Sullivan Chime did not find funny, especially since he had decreed that no second term federal lawmaker from Enugu would be reelected.
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The other and, maybe, the fallout of the first was the failure of the Governor of the State, Sullivan Chime, to recognise the Office of the Deputy President of the Senate while observing protocol during his remarks.
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Sadly, this happened in the presence of the President himself and drew the ire and loud murmurs of disapproval.
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On the one side are those who feel that Governor Chime, especially being a lawyer, understood the implications of such breach of protocol and therefore could not have deliberately committed such a blunder. On the majority divide where I belong to, however are those who believe it was one breach too many.
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It was not the first time the Governor would descend that low. I remember vividly that such incident occurred at the inauguration of international commercial flight operations at the Akanu Ibiam international Enugu in August this year.
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At the said airport event, Governor Chime only recognised the Governors, Ministers, and other dignitaries and went on to educate the gathering on the role he felt that he played in the realisation of the international airport, but which he felt were all being ascribed to "some people". Whereas he did not mention Senator Ekweremadu's name, the audience knew he was referring to him and the South East members of the National Assembly.
There are still lots of things they have to improve in that state other than this issue they've decided to focus on.