ACF, Afenifere, Others Disagree On Nigeria’s Future, Task President Tinubu

As Nigeria prepares to people its 65th Independence Day anniversary, apex determination bodies, politicians, and elder ineligible practitioners person expressed divergent views connected the country’s prospects.

While they each agreed that the state is acold from wherever it ought to beryllium development-wise, they are divided connected whether the existent trajectory volition pb it to a amended destination.

Others argued that Nigeria stopped processing aft the First and Second Republics, blaming the military’s incursion into governance and mediocre civilian enactment for the country’s regression.
On Wednesday, 1 October, Nigeria volition observe its Independence from British regularisation successful 1960. Like others successful caller decades, this year’s solemnisation comes amid escalating insecurity and socio-economic strain connected the citizenry.

Nigeria Will Be Great Notwithstanding Challenges — Afenifere

The Pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, expressed optimism that the state volition beryllium great.
Afenifere’s optimism was conveyed by its nationalist publicity secretary, Comrade Jare Ajayi, connected Saturday erstwhile contacted by LEADERSHIP Sunday successful Akure, the Ondo State capital.

The apex Yoruba socio-political organisation said it was hinging its optimism “on the grace of God, the resources with which the state is endowed, the determination that the national authorities nether President Bola Tinubu is deploying towards concretising Nigeria’s developmental strides, the resilience of the people, and the sum full of the experiences we person had — and are inactive having.”

Afenifere rapidly added that Nigerians’ experiences had not ever been pleasant owed to galore instances of disappointment by those who had governed the country.
“Streaks of these disappointments person created mistrust betwixt the leaders and the led and caused immoderate radical to enactment successful ways they ordinarily would not.
“But it is important to harness the lessons inherent successful these experiences to marque them service america positively,” helium said.

Ajayi stated further that these experiences person besides made the radical much resilient.
According to him, assorted events person occurred successful Nigeria that could person torn the state isolated were it not for the grace of God and the sacrifices made by committed patriots.

“The information that these factors inactive exist, successful summation to the tremendous resources that the state has, is simply a crushed to authorities that Nigeria volition beryllium great, notwithstanding the challenges it is facing.”
He noted that mean Nigerians person ever desired and strived for a amended country.

“Unfortunately, galore of those who person occupied important nationalist offices person dashed the hopes of Nigerians. It is due for the authorities to inquire everybody to enactment toward making Nigeria large by coining ‘All Hands connected Deck for a Greater Nation’ arsenic the taxable for this year’s independency celebration.”

“We, however, consciousness that those successful nationalist office, politicians especially, should amusement much patriotism successful their conduct, arsenic galore mean Nigerians already person their hands connected the plough.”

The Afenifere spokesperson expressed anticipation that the affirmative impacts of the assorted argumentation steps taken by President Bola Tinubu’s authorities volition statesman to manifest towards the extremity of this year.
It held that the system is expected to amended further successful the caller year, judging by signs already manifesting and successful enactment with the President’s Renewed Hope Agenda.
Moreover, important improvements are expected successful security, particularly with the motorboat of authorities police, an country successful which the authorities is showing sizeable seriousness.
As the state approaches its 66th twelvemonth of independence, authorities governments should let section governments much autonomy “so that the radical astatine the grassroots tin consciousness the impacts of authorities much effectively.”

Ajayi, however, called connected the authorities to instrumentality the restructuring of the state successful the caller year.

Blame Military, 1999 Constitution for Our Woes — PANDEF

On its part, the Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) has blamed the subject and the 1999 Constitution for the underdevelopment of the state successful the past 65 years.

PANDEF nationalist publicity secretary, Dr Obiuwevbi Ominimini, disclosed this successful a chat with LEADERSHIP Sunday successful Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital.

Ominimini said: “We should blasted the subject authorities that instituted the national structure. It was the Aguiyi Ironsi authorities that destroyed what our leaders fought for. At independence, we fought for existent federalism; quality to power your ain resources and wage taxation to the centre.

“It was that which gave speedy improvement to immoderate of the regions. For example, the Eastern portion was capable to physique a assemblage from thenar produce, ...