As predicted in the morning, the rebuttals have landed, and what a show they are. While the ALGON Chairman, Hon. Gbenga Fasua, swore with a straight face that councils are in full control of their allocations, the Commissioner, Aminu Takuro, fumed and shouted there is an “agreement” where the State still holds the purse. Two voices, one government, two stories that cancel each other out. If this is what it took Alagbaka 48 hours to cook, then Ondo has perfected the art of confusion as policy.
But wait, let us ask some very very simple questions. If the local governments truly hold their money, why is there any "agreement" at all? If there is an agreement, then what business does ALGON have denying? And if both statements are true, then who exactly is managing the money? Comfort Omoge or Zeblon Omoranmowo? Instead of clarity, we get riddles. Instead of accountability, we get noise. It is like watching a badly rehearsed band where the drummer is offbeat, the saxophones are wailing, and the singers are out of tune, yet they expect the crowd to dance.
This is the tune they play for the people that Fela summed as suffering and smiling. Local Government chairmen, who know the truth but still bow and nod like zombies, are happy to be summoned and told what to read. A government that thinks spinning the truth is substitute for governance delivery. A State where the more they deny, the more they expose themselves. Truly, confusion break bone, and in Alagbaka today, the music conductor has danced away to the unsonorous song and have clearly forgotten to conduct. May God help Ondo!
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