{"id":740695,"date":"2019-11-08T15:46:20","date_gmt":"2019-11-08T15:46:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/11\/08\/lagos-governor-drops-he-tittle\/"},"modified":"2019-11-08T15:46:20","modified_gmt":"2019-11-08T15:46:20","slug":"lagos-governor-drops-he-tittle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/11\/08\/lagos-governor-drops-he-tittle\/","title":{"rendered":"Lagos Governor Drops HE Tittle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p> <strong>Babajide Sanwo-Olu <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Governor of the Lagos State in Nigeria, <br \/>Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has dropped the title \u201cHis Excellency\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He made his decision known in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Explaining the rationale behind his decision, he said in the statement that \u201cfellow Lagosians, I have come to the conclusion that for us to change the narrative of governance, we have to strike down this seeming symbol of executive arrogance that commands popular obeisance and undermines the democratic role of citizens as the masters of those they have elected and appointed to serve.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is a conviction that I believe will send the right signals to all politicians and civil servants that service to the people has brought us here. It is the duty we are obliged to do. It is the responsibility that we bear wherever we find ourselves; whenever we are called to serve.<br \/>Only God, the Almighty, the Creator, the Protector is the Most Excellent. No man can share His eternal qualities,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n<p>Thenceforth, I wish to be addressed simply as Mr. Governor, a title that will constantly remind me that I have been chosen out of so many fellow compatriots to lead a collective salvage of our political economy, according to the statement.<\/p>\n<p>It added that \u201ca salutation that sanitises the paraphernalia of office and reminds us all of our imperfections and mortality. To give official effect to this announcement, I shall issue tomorrow an executive order that will formally ensure full compliance with this new policy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The statement indicated that \u201d in the last five months that I have been privileged to exercise the mandate freely given to me by the great and hardworking people of Lagos State, it has come to my consciousness to review certain features of citizen-government relations which impede the genuine expression of the democratic spirit of our society and the meaningful exercise of the sovereignty of our people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to the statement, \u201cthe office of the Governor has been celebrated as the paragon of excellence, a temple of perfection and a throne of purity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The statement indicated that \u201cthis demi-god mystique spreads over the entire machinery of the executive arm of the government, symbolising an authoritarian disposition on the governed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It added it has deformed the orientation of elected and appointed persons who are paid from the taxes of the people to see themselves as oppressors who can do no wrong and must be served, rather than serve the people.<\/p>\n<p>Whatever might have been the reason for this myth, let us be honest, the office is occupied by a mortal who has been called upon to serve the electorate with humility \u2013 and sincerity, it urged.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe office of Governor is a public trust that calls for sacrifice, modesty and willingness to add value to the lives of the people,\u201d it observed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>BY Melvin Tarlue <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Babajide Sanwo-Olu The Governor of the Lagos State in Nigeria, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has dropped the title \u201cHis Excellency\u201d. 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