The first and the most
important responsibility of any serious government is to guarantee security of
lives and properties of the citizens and all inhabitants of the state. Any
government that falls short of this is a failed government. It was on this basis
that the Jonathan administration was expunged by Nigerians hoping to find
solace in the present administration of General Muhammadu Buhari due to his
experience as a general. As at the time of election and electioneering
campaign, we had informed Nigerians according to our ideology and perspective
that it is not about change in the administrators whose function is just to
administer within the existing system but change in the entire system.
The hope and
expectations of average Nigerians were high, our belief was that the present
administration will deliver our state from the hands of insurgents, create more
employment and provide adequate infrastructure so that we would have a peaceful
country where everybody would sleep with our two eyes closed.
Several attacks and
abduction have been carried out on our brothers and sisters in Kaduna, Yobe,
Adamawa, Borno, Benue etc. Countless Nigerians have lost their lives and
properties. This shows that the present administration is either unwilling or
not capable to put an end to the scourge; they are blaming the action on
“Unknown Persons”. Is this how Nigerians will fold their arms and stand aloof
until we all land in IDP camps or seek asylum in refugee camps in nearby
countries? History will never forget our roles in the liberation or subjugation
of our country.
In the wake of the New
Year when everybody was expecting goodwill message to serve as succor for the
fuel hike and endless queue at our filling stations across the nation, our hope
was truncated by the awful news of gruesome and heinous murder of over 73
Nigerians in Gumi and Logo Local Government of Benue state which resulted in
mass burial amidst rains of tears from all those who know the value of a single
life. As usual, the present administration cannot apprehend the perpetrators of
the dastardly act but this time blamed the killing on “herdsmen”
On Monday 26th
of February 2018 Kasuwan Magani in Kaduna state was ravaged with another
violence which also claimed a lot of lives and many properties were set ablaze.
The government is yet to unravel the perpetrators of the mayhem blaming the
incident on “Culprits”.
The most excruciating
and exasperating part of it is the recent abduction of 110 schoolgirls from the
government Girls science and technology college, Dapchi, Yobe state on the 19th
of February 2018. The abductors drove the students who were shouting for help
according to an eye witness in their buses through roads to their destination
without being noticed or apprehended by security agents. To us, it is
suspicious. This time, the act is blamed on “Boko Haram”.
Lest we forget, 276
school girls were abducted from their school in the North-East Nigerian town of
Chibok in 2014 by a militant group called Boko Haram. These girls are now
popularly known and referred to as “Chibok Girls”. It is obvious that both the
past administration (PDP) and the present administration (APC) have combined
their might and forces but could not secure the release of all our girls.
Although, out of the above mentioned number, over 100 Chibok girls that have
been “rescued” by Buhari’s administration have been more or less replaced in
the den of Boko Haram with the Dapchi girls and thereby returning us to
status-quo.
In view of the above,
the entire members of the Lagos State Chapter of the Socialist Party of Nigeria
(SPN) condemn in the strongest term and in solidarity will all affected
citizens and their families, the barbaric attacks on innocent Nigerians,
heinous abduction and gruesome butchery of Nigerians. If a general cannot
combat an insurgence within the ambient of the existing system of government,
then, the system is not only faulty but needs complete overhauling. We need no intervention
of an oracle to ascertain the veracity that this present capitalist system of
government has failed woefully.
The Socialist Party of
Nigeria (SPN) intends to re-organize and stabilize the existing security
structure in Nigeria by providing all necessary arms and ammunitions capable of
restraining and paralyzing all existing insurgence in the country in line with
democratic controlled community defence. Our military personnel and other
security agents would be adequately remunerated so that they would be willing
and ready to make lots of sacrifice for our dear Nation. Our research has
revealed that technologically aided aerial surveillance, controlled aerial
bombardment with full artillery and standby reinforcement ready to advance as
soon as they receive signal from troubled communities with immediate effect are
more than enough to suppress insurgence in the country. Also, there must be
adequate provision for dialogue and reconciliation where necessary.
Having guaranteed the
security of the state, we will provide free education for all citizens, build
more schools, upgrade existing government schools, create more employment for
our teeming population by allowing the working class to take active role in the
deciding and key sectors of economy while we re-distribute the wealth generated
from the state equally among the citizens without bias or sentiment. Within two
years, our refineries will work at optimal capacity. We will introduce functional
rail system within an integrated transport system across major cities in the
country, Ajaokuta steel company would be in operation within three years. Salaries
and allowances of political office holders would be reduced to that of civil
servants so that more roads could be constructed, ultramodern hospitals would
be provided, stable and affordable power supply would be generated for the
consumption of all. Small and medium entrepreneurs will spring up at every nook
and cranny of the country thereby reducing unemployment to the barest minimum.
This will go a long way in boosting our economy beyond limit. Therefore,
religious bigotry, ethnic jingoism, political thuggery and massive wealth
aggrandizement would be eradicated thereby resulting into peaceful and enviable
society.
We call on well-meaning
Nigerians home and abroad to support us and join us in order to jointly build the
SPN as a formidable alternative to rescue Nigeria from collapse.
Society dies little by
little when those who know the illness fold their arms waiting for conventional
solution. Join The Socialist Party of Nigeria today and rescue our country.
Thank you.
Com. M.K Shoyombo
SPN
Publicity Secretary, Lagos State
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