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| Dignity and Integrity..South Korean Prime Minister |
- Why are African leaders sho shameless?
The South Korean Prime Minister has resigned from his post in the aftermath of the ferry disaster where 300 South Koreans are feared dead!
When will African leaders take similar responsibility? Take my country Nigeria forever,never in its history as far as i am aware has this happened.No leader takes responsibility for nothing..No senior official in office will ever resign.Resign for what?Are you out of your minds?
Take the recent disaster which occurred from the Ministry of Interior undergoing a terrible and ridiculous recruitment scheme..tens of Nigerians died in this exercise,up till today nobody has been held responsible or deem it fit to take responsibility not to talk of resigning,The minister in charge even had the audacity to blame the victims barely two days after the incident and their families still in shock and mourning!..There was a recent bombing in Abuja where about 100 Nigerians died and many more injured..the next day or two a further tragedy occurred when 200 girls were kidnapped from a girl secondary
school...The next day the President of Nigeria was at a political rally dancing and celebrating!! Incredible..But that's the norm in Nigeria..a country where the leaders have no conscience or intrest of its people..What happened in South Korea with the president showing integrity happens in many countries..but will never happen in Nigeria or Africa! Not with this current leaders anyway...
Here's the report on the resignation of the South Korean leader below...
South Korea's Prime Minister has announced his resignation this Sunday morning, taking responsibility for the slow initial response to a ferry's sinking that has left nearly 200 dead with scores more still missing.
CNN reports that Chung Hong-won began his announcement with a mournful prelude filled with personal anguish.
It has been more than 10 days since the sinking accident occurred, but the cries from the
family members who still not have found their missing keep me from sleeping at night. I bow my head and express my condolences to the victims' portraits of this accident. I apologize deeply to the bereaving families, and I pray for a quick recovery from the hurt of a slow recovery."
Prime Minister Chung outlined his decision on national television, after apologizing "on behalf of the government for the many problems that arose during the first response and the subsequent rescue operation" in addition to "problems that existed before the accident.
During the search process, the government took inadequate measures and disappointed the public," Chung said. "I should take responsibility for everything as the prime minister, but the government can assume no more. So I will resign as prime minister."
With his announcement, Chung urged his countrymen to stand united, rather than divided.
"This is not the time for blaming each other but for finishing the rescue operation and dealing with the accident. In order to get over these difficult times, I ask the citizens for help."
Chung becomes the highest-profile public figure yet to fall following the April 16 disaster and subsequent response, which elicited considerable sorrow and anger from the South Korean public.
Eleven days later, searchers are still looking for passengers and crew aboard the Sewol ferry. They have retrieved 187 dead bodies so far, with another 115 still missing.
The search Saturday was suspended due to bad weather that made diving through the murky waters especially dangerous.
A day earlier, divers found the bodies of 48 girls -- wearing their life jackets -- pressed into a room too small for so many people. Divers believe that they will face the same scene again. There may be a second, similar room, where 50 more girls are believed to have been trapped when the ferry rolled over.