February 16, 2018
Press
Statement
The Socialist party of Nigeria (SPN)
Oyo State Chapter holds that the ongoing effort by some political parties in
the state to form a coalition with a sole purpose of dislodging the inglorious
regime of the APC-led government cannot guarantee improvement in conditions of
the masses in the state.
As much as we of SPN agree that Ajimobi-led
government is a monumental failure and if possible deserves to be removed even
before 2019, we disagree with any false impression that the replacement of
APC-led regime with another section of anti-poor politicians and the defender
of capitalist order will promote the yearnings and aspiration of the working
people in the state.
This is because all of these
political parties which include Alliance for Democracy, AD; labour Party, LP,
Unity Party of Nigeria, UPN and 18 others are in total agreement with the same
anti-poor neo-liberal, capitalist philosophy of exploitation and corruption
which is the main reason Senator Abiola Ajimobi-led regime like the past
government formed by both the PDP and even the same AD have failed to meet the
needs of workers and the poor masses in the state.
We equally observed that all the
notable capitalist politicians currently driving the process of the coalition
are disgruntled individuals who are known with records and character of
junketing from one anti-poor political party to another with a motive to
position themselves at where their self-serving interest of looting and
stealing of public treasures will always be guaranteed and actualised.
It is our believe in SPN that
only government with a socialist programme in which the needs of the masses
form the basis of governance and policies side by side with democratic control
of the resources of the state by the elected representatives of workers and the
poor masses can uplift the conditions of the working people and guarantee
sustainable infrastructure developments.
Such a socialist programme will
include the need to place all political office holders on salary and allowance
that will be equivalent to the salaries and wages of the civil servants which
often calculated on the basis of national minimum wage act. Billions of public
money that often awarded to Governor on monthly basis under the guise of
security votes without room for public accountability will be subjected to use
on important areas of needs of the general public like education, health, food
security, infrastructural development among others. Contract system through
which public money often awarded to members of the capitalist class who often
masquerade as contractors will also be abolished in favour of public work
system under the democratic control and management of the committee of
representatives’ workers and community people.
Except Senator Ajimobi-led regime is
replaced with a government that is committed to the implementation of such
socialist programme which SPN is committed to implement if it gets to power,
any coalition of political parties that subscribe to capitalist philosophy of
running the society will end up compounding the woe of the working people if
such a coalition replaces Senator Ajimobi-led regime of despotism come 2019.
Abiodun Bamigboye
(Abbey Trotsky)
(08033914091)
Secretary, SPN, Oyo State Chapter
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