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Just When We Thought Things Were Improving...* SMH*

With the discovery of N1b in Former Speaker of the Nigerian House of Representatives, Honorable Bankole's proxy account, and his subsequent arrest by the EFCC yesterday evening (5th of June), it is becoming clearer that even the younger generation in Nigerian politics are not left out of the gross mismanagement that has characterized government agencies and parastatals in Nigeria. Other pointers to Dimeji Bankole's self enrichment crusade are splashed all over the internet. As for me, what I find most amusing is the N10b UBA loan saga. Perhaps more outrageous than his actually signing for the loan, which he allowed to be squandered by some members of the House of Reps, is the blatant audacity he demonstrated in using the House of Representatives as a collateral for his loan. Talk about effrontery! Honorable Dimeji Bankole has since made a feeble attempt at pleading his case, stating that the said amount wasn't for "personal gain" and naming some of the membe