That is the hard discipline of public office. Power must never be separated from responsibility. Authority must never be insulated from scrutiny. Failure must never be allowed to disappear into speeches, excuses, party loyalty or ethnic sentiment. Where consequences are credible, leaders think harder, prepare better, listen more carefully and act with greater urgency. Where consequences are weak, mediocrity becomes comfortable, impunity becomes normal, and national performance begins to decline.
Where failure is free, nations pay, By Dakuku Peterside
