By Hans Bader | January 12, 2021 | 5:28pm EST
Virginia Gov. Ralph North gives a speech. (Photo credit: RIC BARADAT/AFP via Getty Images)
Virginia s state senate had a narrow Democratic majority, with 21 Democrats and 19 Republicans. Then, on Jan. 1, Republican State Senator Ben Chafin died. Virginia s Democratic governor has delayed filling the seat, allowing progressive bills to pass the state legislature more easily and without being moderated by the amendment process.
In response to the governor s foot-dragging, the Dickenson County Board of Supervisors adopted a resolution on Jan. 11 calling on the governor to fill the seat and schedule a special election.
A special election was set Tuesday afternoon, for the ridiculously late date of March 23 after the regular legislative session ends! That s nearly three months after the seat became vacant. By contrast, Gov. Ralph Northam filled a Democratic seat in Prince William County less
The 2019 presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and former deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Dr. Obadiah Mailafia, in this interview with GBENGA SALAU, said that natural law and the precepts of Universal Global Ethics give communities the right to resort to self-help under certain conditions, even though their reaction has to be proportionate with the level of the threat. He also proposed a comprehensive approach anchored on the mobilisation of citizens, institutions and security agencies in confronting terrorism.
In a nutshell, what are the major factors that exacerbate insecurity, which we are battling to contain in the country?