by Eze Eluchie
The sycophantic
disposition of Consul-General at Nigeria’s High Commission to South Africa, Mrs
Uju Ajulu Okeke, during the recent visit of President Buhari to Johannesburg,
is worrisome and hopefully not a precedent others will feel compelled to
imitate.
Though there
is no indication that Mr. President made any insistence that the Nigerian
Ambassador MUST cover herself up in Islamic Hijab whenever she is around the
President, was any such preference subtly communicated?
A key question
that crops up is: Will others in Ambassador Ajulu Okeke’s shoes, who feel a
need to ingratiate themselves to the new helmsman, need to conform to particular
religious dress-codes, or religious doctrines, to keep their jobs, continue to
provide for their families, continue to be relevant under a regime headed by
Mr. Buhari, a self-confessed devout Muslim.
It is hoped
that basic freedoms, particularly of religious preferences, right to expression
and other fundamental rights, continue to be respected and preserved as we
march on our tenuous and precarious route towards democratic governance.
Picture: President Buhari with Ambassador Ajulu Okeke in Johannesburg and the Ambassador alone.
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