Following the present economic
state of Nigeria, the National Chairman of Conference of Nigeria Political
Parties, CNPP, Alhaji Balarabe Musa, has urged citizens to stage a protest
against the Buhari-led administration daily post reports.
Musa noted that except hunger,
nothing else pushes people to revolt against a government because the primary
responsibility of government is the welfare of the people.
He said, “Well, they should
protest. I know that it is a risk because security men may shoot them. However,
they should protest because this is their life. Somebody is playing with their
lives, somebody is destroying their lives, they should defend their lives and
protect their interest.
“Before the last general
election, many Nigerians saw Buhari as an angel who could rescue the country
from socio-economic problems but Nigerians are now saying that they misjudged,
and Nigerians should in future make sure that they access any prospective
leader critically, taking into account his records, his inclination and
everything, particularly records of performance in office.
“Nigerians are not different
from the rest of human kinds; they are not different from the rest of the
people in the world. Whatever people did in the world to protect themselves or
show their anger against bad government, Nigerians can do it, and nobody should
deceive himself that Nigerians are so docile, that they will not revolt. Anger
pushes anybody to the limit.”
Although the government has
continued to tell Nigerians to be patient, Musa said it’s all political
gimmick.
According to him, “The idea of
government asking Nigerians to be patient can only be sustained in a situation
whereby people see hope and changes. But where people don’t see changes, where
they don’t see the basis for expecting changes, and they suffer continuously,
appealing to them to be patient i may befutile.
“There is hunger in the land
and Nigerians are dying of hunger. I dare to warn the President and everybody
that can listen, that history has proved that mass hunger, hunger of the
population, mass poverty of the population, killer hunger have always been the
most immediate cause of proletarian revolution in every country of the world.
And the President should know this; let him not be deceived by those who are
benefitting from the current situation of hunger.”
Speaking further, Musa
recalled that the President has said at different occasions that Nigeria is
broke.
“In my opinion, Nigeria can’t
be broke, the country is very rich. The problem is the system and the managers
of the economy. The problem of Nigeria is real, but it is something that can be
managed. But as I told you, if the President is looking for an answer, he will
get it; he can get it in what I have said; change the system and the leadership
like I have said.
“It is definitely true APC
inherited this bad situation, but APC came to power with the promise of
correcting the negative state of the nation. In this case, instead of
correcting it, they are just complaining, making promises, how can they
continue to do this over one year of leadership?
“We want to see them really
doing work, and there is no way they can do any work and achieve anything
without changing the system and the leadership inevitably produced by the
system, both of which are based on self interest first, public interest second
or even incidental. This should be changed in favour of public interest first
and self interest second.
“This can deal with this level
of corruption, stealing and criminal waste of resources which is the root of
the problem of Nigeria. In the history of Nigeria, up till 1970, the philosophy
was public interest first, and self interest second. And the states maintain
the leading roles in the economy, and that is why up till 1970, there wasn’t
this level of corruption, stealing and criminal wasting of resources.
“We have known times in
Nigeria before 1970 when nobody could steal a kobo of public funds and get away
with it.
“Today, if you are a favourite
of the President, the governor or the local government chairman or who they
have appointed into office, you can steal anything and get away with it
provided you are lucky because some people stole, they are not lucky and they
are caught,” he added
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