Under electoral regulations, various political parties are scheduled to hold party primaries around this time, and the loyalty of party members intending to contest elections for one position or another is being called into question by the generality of members under each party’s umbrella. Those who have held positions before, either at the state or federal level, have to account for their stewardship in terms of defending party positions during debates or discussions in the State Assembly, House of Representatives, or the Senate. Accountability determines whether one is entitled to go back or be replaced.
Governors are hardly replaced because they normally perform extraordinarily in the first term to secure a second term. It is in the second term that some of them bear their fang as emperors, becoming “something else”! Some of them, aspiring to go to the Senate, owe allegiance only to their Senatorial districts or zones. State resources are diverted to executing some key projects in the zone at the expense of other parts of the State. A state’s major or landmark project could finally be completed to give the impression of still working for the state. It is also the period to amass funds for personal after state service livelihood or for the election into the Senate.
