FROZEN Money: the Miasma of Benue Development
King Jessevich Since the inception of the incumbent administration in Beñue State, His Excellency Rev. Dr. Hyacinth Alia announced that all government bank accounts were frozen . Invariably, it means that government money has been piling up to the ceiling, frozen and untouched. So, One would be right to say that Beñue now has so much money that is safely stashed in frozen accounts like ice cream. No more talks of paucity of funds, diversion of money, in fact, there is just nothing to worry about. But the unfortunate problem is: as the money piles up, so are the challenges of the state. As the money freezes like ice fish , so are the people freezing in life threatening problems such as poor feeding, piled up rent, non payment of school fees, health challenges etc. One thing is certain, piled up frozen money doesn't translate into deleting hardship, except the money is judiciously spent to pay off bills, buy food and medication, or...