Kelvin Bowoto
The United Action Front of Civil Society, a coalition of citizen groups and civil society leaders, has urged President Bola Tinubu to address the hunger and suffering problem as soon as possible or risk losing his chances of running for office in 2027.
They also condemned President Bola Tinubu’s comments in Lagos while commissioning the red line, stating that if Labour is interested in the electoral process, they should meet with him in 2027, and that Labour is not the exclusive voice of the people.
The group, in a statement issued by its spokeswoman, Mallam Hamisu San Turaki, stated, “For us, Tinubu’s comment is not only delusional but also harmful against the pro-people Labour Movement working in Nigeria’s open society.
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“Our well-considered position on this matter is that the way things are today in the country, if nothing drastic is done to stem the tide, the masses of the Nigerian people will have no choice but to storm and occupy the Aso Presidential Villa and all other government houses in Nigeria within the next few weeks, especially if the hunger and hardship in the country are allowed to persist and fester to the extent that there may not be that 2027, which Tinubu and his co-travelers savor so much and hope for.
“Therefore, we wish to advise the Tinubu Government that rather than chastise Labour for providing an organized and peaceful voice to the pervasive anger and disenchantment in the land, they should have been commended and encouraged because alternative voices, if allowed to vent, could be more ruthless and disruptive, just as history has proven to mankind that those who “make peaceful change impossible in history make violent change inevitable.
“To this end, as responsible leaders of the organized Civil Society of Nigeria, who participated fully in the national mass protest championed by Labour, we wish to caution Tinubu strongly not to see organized bodies of the open society of Nigeria, such as the NLC, as enemies of government or politically motivated to challenge the negative economic policies of his administration, but as sincere partners in progress, different from sycophants and jobbers around corridors of power.
Techrectory with Agency Report.
