THE HONOURABLE CHAIRMAN

Nwankwo is a police retiree who returned home after his retirement from the Nigeria police force. His eldersled by Okeke, convinced Chief Ibie, a local business tycoon, to sponsor him as the chair man of the local government. After Nwankwo won election he refused to honour the agreement he had with Chief Ibie. In the ensuing conflictrather than pay Chiefl bie the varioussums in their agreement, Nwankwo used the money to develop the local government area.
The novel teaches that god-father ismisresponsible for lack of developmentin emner ging democraciesin Africa.