MACE is a staff of office, especially that which lies on the
table in the House of Commons when the Speaker is in the chair, regarded as a
symbol of the authority of the House.
However, that definition is
not the case in Akwa Ibom state, Nigeria , where a MACE is now been used as a
walking stick in a public social gathering !
By looking at the picture above, the MACE that suppose to be
the ‘symbol of authoroty’ of the Akwa
Ibom state house of Assembly is sitting
right before the Speaker, Mr Sam Ikon and Chief Don Etiebet with his wife. In a
social gathering!
What can we call this? Was it
to show people that he is the speaker of the house? What is the mace doing at a
social event which has nothing to do with law making? Is this how the Akwa ibom state legislatures legislate?
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