Gabriel Idibia, Kaduna
The Movement for Genuine Democracy in Nigeria (MGDN) has noted with
dismay, an attempt to set up former President Goodluck Jonathan as the
sponsor of the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA).
It described the attempt as comical.
The movement said, in a statement made available to newsmen in
Kaduna, that it had recently reached a pitch with ‘Presidency sources’
giving reasons for the wrong footed theory that bothers on the absurd,
at best and amateurish at worse.
The statement signed by the chairman and secretary, Mr Jonah Ishaku
and Shuaibu Lawal respectively asked, “who, in his right mind, would
waste time before denying an obviously fabricated story”.
“Does it make any sense to use Dr. Jonathan’s denial as the desperate proof to nail him as sponsor of NDA?
“And how preposterous can these intelligent reports be? This can only
come from an unintelligent intelligence agency”, the group noted.
MDGN also took a swipe at the Muhammadu Buhari administration saying
that it has successfully reversed progress the country made before it
came on board.
“What a pity, that in less than an 18 months an administration that
inherited a democracy has turned Nigeria into a police state.
“What a pity that a government that inherited the fourth fastest
growing economy in the world has only bequeathed to us an economy in
recession.
“Polio that had vanished is now back with us. Starvation is now the
order of the day in the North which is meant to be the food basket of
the nation.
“Pilgrims are getting concessionary dollar rates while legitimate
businesses cannot access foreign exchange and our government is unable
to pad our roads, even though they can pad their budget.
“Rather than fix these, they are grasping at straws in their desperation to find a scapegoat for their non performance.
“They claimed that South South Governors, at a meeting in Aso Rock,
fingered Jonathan yet the South South governors have openly and directly
denied the allegations, and one of them pronounced a curse on the
faceless people feeding lazy journalists these tales by moonlight.
“We call on all peace loving Nigerians to hold this administration
responsible should anything happen to Dr. Goodluck Jonathan who is fast
emerging as the face of democracy in Africa.
“We further call on the Buhari administration to face the onerous
task of governing Nigeria and stop testing the waters by planting
stories whose sole purpose is to distract Nigerians from the appalling
state of affairs in their nation in the last year”, the group stated.
Credit:Theunion
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