Office of the chairman
south south youth leaders forum
5th Nov. 2011
We Are Highly Disappointed In The Administration Of Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, and can no longer hide our feelings but bow our face in shame.
Office of the chairman
south south youth leaders forum
5th Nov. 2011
We Are Highly Disappointed In The Administration Of Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, and can no longer hide our feelings but bow our face in shame.
-Planned removal of fuel subsidy
-Planned increase in electricity tariffs
-Planned re-introduction of tollgate fees
Sir, is this promise of "FRESH AIR"?
We urgently advise that you sack all your advisers, as you have demonstrated enough proof that you are ill- advised. Else you will go down in history as Nigeria’s worst president.
We condemn in strong terms the recent move by the Federal Government to drag Nigerians, seven (7) years backward! by the planned re-introduction of TOLLs on our High Ways on the excuse that such fees will enable them improve the state of our Roads.
Meanwhile we still vividly remember, that former President Olusegun Obasanjo, abolished TOLL GATES in Nigeria, while he sought to remove fuel subsidy, saying the burden will be too heavy for Nigerians.
Yet this administration which claim to have human face, seeks to rough Nigerians so hard as to re-introduce tolls, increase electricity tariffs and still remove fuel subsidy! What has the common man done to deserve all this?
The same man (GEJ) who's cardinal campaign point was the fact that Nigerians did not experience increase in fuel price, has turned around in just few months of being Voted into Power to stab Nigerians at the back by taking steps to rocket the price of fuel, from N65.00 to N150.00. Per litre, In the name of Removal of Fuel Subsidy.
It is no secret as both Nigerians and Foreigners are well aware that "POWER" electricity is Nigeria's biggest challenge, yet the Federal Government is taking steps and has vowed to increase Electricity Tariffs, which is an attempt to make Nigerians pay for that which does not exist.
The present Economic Team lacks the capacity to be proactive in their thinking, the nation has witness rapid increase in the sales of crude oil, following the relative peace in the Niger Delta, yet nothing tangible has been done with such resources, in fact Nigerians even face tougher times now than ever.
Will it be too much for the Federal Government to build a SEA PORT in YAURI, KEBBI STATE? Is it also an impossibility to have an INTERNATIONAL MARKET in KANO STATE, these are infrastructures that will by all means improve the plight of young people in the Northern part of Nigerian, as well as impart on the Economy of our country, what then is the problem with the BRASS LNG, in BAYELSA STATE.
Mr. President, your Economic Team is bankrupt in ideas, and the problem of Nigeria has gone way above political party borders, it is high time you get good thinkers on board to move this nation forward, not minding if they voted for you or not, or whether they are in your good books, we are tired of backward movement as a nation, it would have been better if we are stagnant.
We are however consoled by the fact that YOUNG PEOPLE in Nigeria are now more united than ever, and have come to appreciate the fact that, the same hardship faced by the Youths in the North also affects the Youths in the South.
Sequel to this we are all waiting, and will vehemently resist all inhuman policies of the Federal Government, especially that of the planed REMOVAL OF FUEL SUBSIDY! We shall occupy ASO ROCK in protest and show the world that we also have the capacity as young people to effect positive change.
We wish to remind Mr. President, that the good people of Nigeria voted him in to power, to transform this nation and improve the living condition of poor Nigerians as well as generally reduce hunger to the minimum.
How ever the reverse is increasingly the case, as the hope of Nigerians fades on par second bases.
We want the President to know, that although he is our son, protests against inhuman policies of his administration shall commence from the South South !
This we have resolved to do to save his (GEJ) administration from the CABAL of self-serving political sycophants and to save the lives of ordinary Nigerians, which are being fiercely threatened.
Signed.
Amb, Barr, Amachree Odiedim
Chairman, South South Youth Leaders Forum.
www.southsouthyouthleadersforum.org
[email protected]
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