ANOTHER EVIDENCE OF THE ANTI-POOR CHARACTER OF THE GOVERNMENT
PRESS STATEMENT
We of the Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN)
condemn the heartless killing of a baby girl in Lungu, a settlement within
Abuja Model City, by demolition bulldozer of the Federal Capital Territory
Authority. The killing of the baby along the suicide by the mother of the child
sparked off protests by the squatters and others within the settlement.
According to media reports, a
combined team of police, navy, air force and army operatives were sent along
with the bulldozers to enforce the demolition of buildings on a parcel of land
in the settlement. Media reports also confirmed that the demolition exercise was
done for an “influential person”, who had reportedly used his clout to acquire
the property.
We see this savage action as another instance
of the deep-seated anti-poor character of the Goodluck Jonathan regime. We also
condemn the land grabbing in the Federal Capital Territory, which has left millions
of working class elements homeless.
We commend the resilience of the mass
of the working people who took to the streets to protest the madness, which
forced the security operatives to flee. We call for further mass actions to
compel the authorities of the Federal Capital Terrority to provide compensation
for the family of the baby girl and the mother.
However, without a working people’s
political alternative speedily coming to power, the attack on democratic rights
would continue unabated. On this basis, we call on workers, students, youth,
artisans to join the Socialist Party of Nigeria to fight for the enthronement
of a working people’s government to mobilize the enormous wealth of society to
meet the basic needs of the millions and not the millionaires including housing
among others.
Chinedu Bosah
National Secretary, SPN
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