Godswill Akpabio as Governor of Akwa Ibom state paid the legendary Pele of Brazil $300,000 just to appear at the commissioning of the newly built Stadium called Nest of Champions in Uyo. Unfortunately, Akwa Ibom state government changed the date of the commissioning already communicated and agreed with Pele's management. Pele having agreed to a prior engagement somewhere else on the new date of the commissioning refused to show up at Uyo. Now, the Akwa Ibom state government under Udom Emmanuel want Pele to return the $300,000 for not coming. Of course, Pele's management refused and informed the state government that having reneged on the agreed date of the commissioning by changing the date as stated in the MOU, they are not under any obligation to return the said money. Hmmm... $300,000 just for Pele to appear at the commissioning of a stadium. An old man who last played football over 30 years ago. Now, tell me if our politicians don't need psychiatric evaluation. The same Akpabio is today the Minority Leader of the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Yet, you want Nigeria to grow and compete with other nations of the world with politicians who has this kind of mentality. It's funny, Niger Delta Avengers will not ask someone like Akpabio what 13% oil derivation was spent on. Now, you know what they spent your money on; frivolity! A European leader dare not spend money in such manner...ohh, they won't even think like that. They have a different mentality to governance. Meanwhile, in that state where a Governor is doling out such ridiculous amount of money has youths who has no job. Yet, they are ever ready to hail Akpabio and be his political thug come election period. Sometimes, I wonder which kind of country is this. Do you know how many classroom blocks $300,000 can build? Do you know how many farmlands that amount could get cultivated? Do you know how many SME can get a lifeline through soft loans that can be provided with that kind of money? Why do some of our leaders act like they are accursed