By Williams Adesoji
Prominent Nigerian Social critic and human rights Activist, Comrade Igbotako Nowinta has called on the Nigerian President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu to urgently call to order, his political foot soldiers campaigning for his re-lection in 2027 and prioritize the process of taking Nigerian people from the social misery created by his presidency.
Comrade Nowinta, also a pro – democracy advocate, an international conflict resolution expert, who doubles as Executive Director, Nigeria Good Governance Research Centre ( NGGRC) made the call in a press statement he recently gave to Journalists in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital.
In the statement titled: “Take Nigerians From Social Misery and Stop Those Campaigning For Your 2027 Presidency Now”, the rights Activist said: “The current affront being displayed by some politicians belonging to the ruling class is nauseating. It is too early in the day for President Bola Tinubu to be encouraging his political foot soldiers to start campaigning for his 2027 presidential ambition, when there is genuine hopelessness and mass hunger in the land”.
It would be recalled that the matter of who becomes president in the 2027 elections has taken a center stage recently, amongst prominent members of the ruling All Progressive Congress ( APC), who have been making frantic efforts for President Bola Tinubu’s candidature.
This is against the backdrop of fierce political attacks cum accusations between leading opposition figures and those fanning the political ambitions of Mr. President.
According to the details of the press release:
“Our country remains deeply scared by unimaginable corruption, wastages and bad governance. We have watched with grave concern how recently the campaign for 2027 Presidential Election has suddenly taken over the life threatening issues of governance in our clime. For us at the Nigeria Good Governance Research Centre (NGGRC), it is an act of callousness and gross insensitivity to the current terrible plight of Nigerian people, for President Bola Tinubu’s political foot soldiers and some desperate oppositional forces to be campaigning vigorously for 2027 Presidency.”
“The current affront being displayed by some politicians of the ruling class is nauseating. It is too early in the day for President Bola Tinubu to be encouraging his political foot soldiers to start campaigning for his 2027 presidential ambition, when there is genuine hopelessness and mass hunger in the land”.
“This unbelievable development points to one fact: the masses of Nigeria have been consistently and completely abandoned or neglected to their fate by the current regime. Nigerians are experiencing thraldom of criminal exploitations, issues of democratic dividends and continuous slavery, yet some over fed and over spoilt beneficiaries of the status quo are already pushing for Tinubu’s presidency come 2027”.
“Democracy is meaningless if it cannot address the issues of prevailing predatory economic policies; physical and psychological distress being experienced by individuals or groups, caused by the present notoriously corrupt and irresponsible gang of rulers”.
“In the light of the above, we call on President Tinubu to stop playing politics of 2027 presidency with our suffering people; he should declare a state of emergency in the economic sector, and urgently come up with the implementation of policies that will address poverty, inequality, and social exclusion; supporting community-based initiatives that provide genuine social support, education, and economic opportunities”.
“Nigerians should wake up from slumbering grinding poverty, even as we put the Tinubu government on notice that we will continue to hold it accountable for the current pervasive poverty, hunger, corruption and neglect. For instance, what drastic efforts is President Tinubu making to bring down the prices of petroleum products, being the Minister of petroleum resources?”.
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