A former National Vice Chairman North-west of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Salihu Lukman, has lamented that the government of President Bola Tinubu appeared to be on a roller coaster of aggrandised spendings amid mass hunger and poverty in the country.
This, he said, was partly responsible for the highly
volatile situation in the country.
Lukman in a statement issued Sunday titled,
“#EndBadGovernance Campaign: What Next?”, every committed democrat in the
country must wake up to this challenge and seek to mobilise Nigerians to direct
their anger creatively and positively towards reformation of democratic
structures in the country.
He said: “As it is, the President Asiwaju Tinubu’s
administration seems to be on a roller coaster of aggrandised spendings amid
mass hunger and poverty in the country, which is partly responsible for the
highly volatile situation in the country.
“Every committed democrat in the country must wake up to
this challenge and seek to mobilise Nigerians to direct their anger creatively
and positively towards reformation of democratic structures in the country.”
The former APC chieftain said that given that majority
political leaders are already aggrieved and with the way the government has
rendered virtually all registered political parties comatose, the process of
uniting aggrieved political leaders across all parties must earnestly commence.
He added: “This is the point when ideally, opposition
leaders such as Alh. Atiku Abubakar, Mr. Peter Obi and Sen. Rabiu Musa
Kwankwaso should step forward to provide the needed leadership to reform our
democracy and ensure the emergence of a functional political party capable of
rescuing Nigeria.
“In addition to opposition leaders, other political leaders
in APC who have been edged out of the party should join forces with opposition
leaders to rescue the country and put Nigeria back on the path of democratic development.
“These leaders include Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, Chief Rotimi
Amaechi, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, Sen. Ibukunle Amosun, Mal. Nasir El-Rufai, Ogbeni
Rauf Aregbesola and many others.
“While acknowledging that there are already unfolding
initiatives in this direction, the rising anger in the country must be utilised
and directed to strengthen the emergence of a veritable functional political
party different from APC, PDP, LP and NNPP. As it is, it must be acknowledged
that these parties cannot serve as the platforms to rescue Nigeria from its
current unfortunate self-inflicted downward spiral producing mass poverty and
starvation.”
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