By Alh. Abubakar Kawu Baraje
As I salute my fellow country
men and women on this special, epochal and historical event of the 53rd Anniversary of our independence and
knowing that many of our leaders have spoken to Nigerians on this special day,
let me reiterate on behalf of our great party that no matter the obvious
shortcomings and challenges facing our nation in areas of education, health,
infrastructure, roads, security, governance etc. I will suggest that we don’t
give up hope as there is light at the of the tunnel.
In addressing some of these
lapses, let me suggest the following to our President and those in government:-
•We demand the constitution of a critical management team made up of apolitical, eminent technocrats and knowledgeable Nigerians to take over the management of the national economy given the woeful failure of the economic management team of the Federal Government.
•We call for a similar team
to arrest the infrastructural decay that is threatening the nation’s
infrastructural base at present.
•In view of the present
quagmire in the education sector particularly in our public Universities, we
are suggesting on behalf of our great party a state of emergency particularly
on the area of funding with view of arresting the present conflict and demands
of ASUU as it is becoming very embarrassing keeping our children at home for
over three months now.
•We demand the empanelling of
a credible, independent and resolute anti-corruption body to cleanse the
country of the thick stench of corruption that has overwhelmed it at present.
•We demand a re-ordering of the inchoate federal structure we are running with a view to allowing the states and the other federating units more access to resources to attend to the numerous responsibilities placed on them.
•We demand a re-ordering of the inchoate federal structure we are running with a view to allowing the states and the other federating units more access to resources to attend to the numerous responsibilities placed on them.
•We call for the introduction
of state police as an antidote to the worsening security problems, which the
present inept and highly politicised Nigerian Police had been unable to deal
with.
•We see the clamour for a
national dialogue as timely and appropriate as there is an urgent need for
Nigerians to come together and discuss matters affecting them as well as the
way forward. We, therefore, welcome Mr. President’s announcement in his
Independence Day broadcast about the establishment of a committee to advise him
on the modalities for the holding of the conference. We, however, wish to warn
the proposed conference should not serve the same cosmetic purpose served by
previous efforts; it should be empowered to discuss all issues agitating the
minds of Nigerians – there should not be any no-go areas except the unity and
oneness of Nigeria, which is not debatable.
•Finally, we urge Nigerians
not to lose hope but to remain resolute in demanding good governance,
transparency and accountability from government at various levels as that is
the only way to force the corrupt clique in power to change their ways.
ALH. ABUBAKAR KAWU
BARAJE, CON
NATIONAL CHAIRMAN, PDP
01-10-13
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I salute u Alh Baraje,d chairman of pdp u are truly a patrotic Nigerian,God bless u,God bless ur family,God bless Nigeria as a whole.We are supporting ur cause 4 a better Nigeria
ReplyDeleteA man who is not faithful to his master is what people salute. How did the new pdp came about, fools are likely to fools, but what I know is PDP will rule come 2015.or no more Nigeria.
ReplyDeleteWhy is the issue of our existing together as a nation not debatable, we need to discuss it now, its from that diaologue we'll know if we can live together as one,soverign national conference is a knowing the mind of all, so there shouldn't be no clause on what to discuss, we discuss it, augue it, in other to get a solution. God bless us all.
ReplyDeleteWe don't need War in this Nation, we need peace, Baraje and d rest are all d same, d should not crucify Mr President, He is not all dt bad though no one is perfect, I want to clearly say that outside d Nigeria civil war his govt has experienced d worst trying time, he has been able to manage it to an extent
ReplyDeleteAll ds politicians are all after their own interest, if Baraje of Ashiwaju or Amaechi is made d president people will still complain, it is not easy to live and rule in d midst of enemies like friend, one question I want to ask is ds, all ds people that are calling for the head of Jonathan tell me one good thing they have done in their own constituency?, have they all not been eating on the same table all ds while?, if they are sincere wt what d are saying y still answer PDP and dn put New, u see they are all birds wt d same feather
If worst comes, let every region control dr mineral resources, One man woke up one day and said that bc he didn't win , he will make Nigeria ungovernable and that was d birth of Boko Haram, all notherners should go and tackle that first, they know who is who in ds Boko haram issue, as d south south was wable to talk to dr people let dm do so, becoming a Muslim or a christian is not by force, God has indeed blessed ds nation , let us not destroy it with our own hands