What's with the Senate's obsession for NCS Comptroller-General, Hameed Ali to appear before the upper chamber in uniform? This is a simple issue being made complex. If the law says Hameed Ali must wear uniform, let the Senate cite the relevant law(s) to the CG then sit back and watch him break the law then fry him.
I doubt if a disciplined and highly principled retired military officer like Hameed Ali will insist on wearing mufti when the law says he must wear uniform especially as he's not a stranger to uniform. The two sides should urgently reconcile their positions on this issue and move on to the major objective of their upcoming interaction - the issue of payment of custom duty to duly registered vehicles that had been on Nigerian roads for as far back as 5 years; a burden most Nigerians consider ill-timed and insensitive to the sacrifices being made by the common man.
While the war of words between the Senate and the CG gather momentum, let's appreciate the fact that the ordinary Nigerians are at the receiving end; edgily waiting for their representatives in the upper chamber to make the CG see reason and reverse his decision to have them pay for criminality they know nothing about.
Certainly, who wears what to the senate chamber is the least of worries of many Nigerians. Personally, for all I care let each member of the upper chamber appears in the CG's uniform and let the CG appears in 'Lagbaja's' costume, as long as there's a robust debate on the fate of many Nigerians who would be forced to carry the burden of the CG's instruction, I would be satisfied.
It's very important they put every other thing aside and resolve this issue. This is not about the CG, his mufti/uniform or the senate and its ego. This is about Nigerians and ways to make life easier for them.
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