I had planned to continue with the conclusions of my reflections on the chaotic presidency of our current leader especially when the same presidential communications office touched off more chaos last week on the eve of their first year in office and 25 years of unbroken democratic dispensation. Most of my valued readers including some respected scholars had earlier advised me to continue to suggest to the chief executive of the federation on how to fix the chaos his leadership style has triggered. I had a draft until two related issues arising from the chaos in the presidency led to fresh chaos within the leadership of our National Assembly that actually advertised a celebration of 25 years of democracy in Nigeria.
When the celebration notice actually roused my consciousness and it was taking some steam out of my curiosity on why our representatives hurriedly passed a law to adopt a former national anthem written by a foreigner. I was wondering why there was no thorough debate and public hearing on such an important national cohesion and orientation issue (national anthem when an item on the so-called 25 years of democracy advertised by the National Assembly, notably commissioning of a Library and Resource Centre within the construct of a joint sitting of the National Assembly caught my attention. Although Bayo Onanuga’s statement to the effect that the president was going to address the joint session of the federal legislature as part of the celebration of democracy had t.