Diaspora Group Withdraws From Obidient Movement

A governmental radical wrong the Obidient family, known arsenic the Diaspora Engagement has announced its determination to retreat from the existing operation of the Obidient Movement, citing what it described arsenic a “toxic culture” and “dysfunctional attitudes” wrong the organisation.

The radical said the determination followed months of observation, reflection and a increasing consciousness of disappointment successful the mode the question was being run.

In a connection signed by its co-director, Dr David Ogula yesterday, the radical said the determination to decouple itself was achy but necessary, fixed the authorities of situation successful Nigeria and the request to stay existent to the ideals that birthed the movement.

“When we were approached implicit a twelvemonth agone to assistance successful structuring the movement, we did truthful with unwavering commitment, driven by a shared imaginativeness of a caller Nigeria founded connected character, integrity, accountability, inclusivity, fairness, and justice,” Ogula said.

He explained that the radical had hoped to transmission the vigor of Nigerian youths into a divers and inclusive collective, escaped from the accustomed political, taste and spiritual biases.

However, helium lamented that what they encountered wrong the question was acold from what was promised.

“We experienced attitudes that belied the nationalist rhetoric. Instead, we saw the dysfunctional attack that defines overmuch of Nigeria — petty tricks, vagueness, and arbitrary decisions,” helium said.

According to Ogula, the ambiance wrong the operation became toxic, dominated by symbols and behaviours that contradicted the values the question claimed to uphold.

He accused immoderate members of undermining the structure, breaching confidentiality, and enabling atrocious behaviour.

“The alleged question turned into a constellation of enthusiastic sycophants, servile followers, and guiltless Nigerians hanging connected to hope,” helium stated.

He said decisions were often made to service idiosyncratic interests alternatively than corporate goals, portion rules and procedures were routinely ignored.

Ogula besides criticised the mode the diaspora limb of the question was treated, saying it was seen much arsenic a “cash cow” than a captious spouse successful gathering a caller Nigeria.

He noted that mediocre knowing of ineligible frameworks for cross-border operations led to opaque and dysfunctional arrangements that stripped the diaspora of its autonomy.

“Ultimately, it became wide that we had been riding connected a ungraded roadworthy successful a breached conveyance and had travel to a dormant end,” helium said.

Despite the split, the radical pledged to proceed advocating for a fair, just, and inclusive Nigeria, adjacent if it means moving extracurricular the existing Obidient structure.

Ogula added that the radical would question alliances with ethical and committed Nigerians to support the imaginativeness of a caller Nigeria alive.

“We are arrogant of our work and are unafraid to talk the truth. We stay hopeful that Nigeria’s dreams volition soon beryllium realised,” helium said.