Opinion: See The Project This Governor Is Commissioning

I was just checking up news updates online this morning (being current and updated is a perk that comes with being jobless in Nigeria, no envy me abeg LOL), I was on popular forum when an headline caught my attention, curiosity took over and I clicked on the link, the headline was unbeliveable, I was about to discard it as fraud when I saw the picture that followed the story, pictures don't lie right? (a wrong proverb in this age anyway, with apps like Photoshop, you know the rest) Alas! It was the Governor of a state in South West commissioning measuring scales. His reason for the 'project' was noble, to prevent cheating in business transactions. What can be more noble?

I tried hacking into the mind of this Governor, what motivated him to embark on this noble adventure? This particular state was reported to be owing it workers salary arrears in the past, long before other states joined the 'debt venture', perhaps, the governor seeks to protect his technically broke workers with this project, I mean, why should a market woman cheat a government worker with little cash to spend?

But on a more serious note, this is Nigeria, a country operating a three tiers of government, we have the president, the governors and local government chairmen, if a governor of a state is posing for the camera, all smiles and contented, with maybe some commissioners and special advisers, all to commission measuring scales, what should the local government chairmen be commissioning? Should we be expecting our president to commission a mottor park to ease public transport?
If we continue with this trend, when are we really going to measure up to other developed countries of the world?

This is a drama and I do not want to call it a drama of the absurd, maybe this governor's project is amazing, but it is so sad that this is the condition of most states in the country, some governors are just there to pay salary, which is not even regular, and smile and pose for the camera once in a while to promote their image, the first half of 2016 is almost over, try and find out how many worthy projects the governor of your state has flagged off or commissioned, you will be shocked at your discovery.

Is the venture good? Yes, but is it befitting the status of the executive governor of a state? Eish! Help me abeg!