SOCIETY WATCH; THE RIGMAROLE TO REMOVE DIMEJI BANKOLE AS SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPS STARTS AGAIN

- AL HUMPHREY ONYANABO

Just when you think there is peace in the House of Reps, wahala comes knocking. I had a feeling it would come because of the gathering storms over the refusal of the Hon Speaker to approve the increment in the allowances of members from about N27 million to N45 million.
Some members led by Dino Melaye are rooting for his impeachment. They claim he is high handed and corrupt. I was told at press time that Baba is behind it. This is going to be a messy press war. Both sides seem prepared to do as much damage as possible to win public sympathy. Divulging information to smear the other camp. Early in the week, I read reports that Dino melaye’s home folks had told him to forget tenure in the House. This is war, and I am tempted to say, may the better side win, but I will not because this is a big distraction.
Some might not agree with me, but I believe Dimeji Bankole has provided conscientious leadership for the House. He might be a little high handed, he might fly off the handle often, but he is still the best so far. He has style that you cannot dispute. He maddens some guys who believe they put him there and he should listen to their whims, but they forget he is the boss man. Small boy of yesterday or not. With all due respect, those honourables are sometimes a rowdy bunch, and the need a cane welding head teacher o put them in line and get the business of over sighting and law making going.
Soon, I believe, it will be another round of horse trading. Tempers will rise, late meetings will be called, a few feathers will be ruffled , some guys will smile, pat each other I the back and it will be back to business as usual….. Sickening if you ask me, but that’s the kind of democracy that flourishes here. God help our dear country.

ZAIN FAILS ME AGAIN; PACK UP OR SHAPE IN.
I love my zain line to death. That’s why I have not thrown it away despite the attraction from other networks. I pride myself in being a loyalist, from the days of econet. Bartel or Zain, I am hooked . my grouse, they always kill my spirit each time I have something to be thankful about the network.
Recently Zain introduce free calls from 10.00pm to 4.00 am. It was part of a reward program for loyal customers. I enrolled because they said its for free. I don’t trust them that much. Anyway, I enjoyed the free calls for a few days. Now you can’t make a call on zain once it is 10.00am. This sucks. Why did they open up that scheme if they did not have enough space on their network. MTN has been giving their subscribers this free call service for years. Why can’t Zain maintain there’s only after a few weeks?
Thanks you guys at Zain for letting me down again.

FEMI OTEDOLA TAKES A DIVE OUT OF THE SOCIAL CIRCUIT.
I am worried that Mr. Femi Otedola, one of Nigeria’s richest men and chairman of AP PLC has taken a dive out of th social scene for some months. He has not been seen at any of the high profile parties of late and nobody seems to know just where he is. Every man has a right to keep to himself, but his is starting to worry me.
Also he is a close and personal friend to Dr. goodluck Jonathan. He is one of the wise men who befriended Lucky Joe while others were saying , who is that guy. That friendship can get him anything he desires from Aso Rock. So why is he not cashing those chips. Is there something he is not telling us? His lovely wife Nana has been distant from the media too. I just pray they are in excellent health.