…Passes Vote Of Confidence On Southern Governors, Endorses Their Demands.
Coalition for Media Politics, CMP, of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, at her October meeting in Asaba, said Southern Nigeria, was and still the economic and financial power base of Nigeria, since 1958, but sadly enough, it had been subjected to a pitiable, beggarly, oil rich but unfortunately cheated beyond human comprehension by the Northern oligarchy.
The group noted that Southern Nigeria remained a deliberately oppressed geographical entity through consistent post colonial rule economic and political manipulations by the self acclaimed Northern supremacists, spanning over six decades and still counting.
The Coalition’s take on the state of the nation under President Muhammadu Buhari led APC national government, and signed by the Convener and Executive Assistant to Delta State Governor on Communications, Chief Dr Fred Latimore Oghenesivbe Esq, and Acting Secretary, Hon Tega Ezekiel Ughara, commended the watertight synergy and visionary leadership of the Southern Nigeria governors, particularly for their timely determination to restore the right of place of the region in the socioeconomic and political scheme of things in the country.
CMP said the rare display of unity of purpose by the governors devoid of political affiliations is commendable and should be sustained, and they should not in anyway bow to the alleged plan by the Northern Supremacists to discard their collective legitimate demands by blocking and trace of externally sponsored divide and rule tactics within the forum.
“CMP commended Southern Nigeria Governors Forum, SNGF, over her legitimate demands namely; collection of VAT by state governments, true federalism, power shift to Southern Nigeria in 2023, ban on Open Grazing already in force in some states, establishment of Southern Nigerian Security Network, etcetera.
“We urge the governors to do anything and everything lawful to free Southern Nigeria, from the over six decades of socioeconomic and political subjugation by our Northern oppressors and their neocolonialists who erroneously believe that Nigeria belong to their unknown forefathers while the people of Southern Nigeria, are in their laughable negative imagination second class citizens who should consistently eat the crumbs falling from the internal colonial master’s dinning table, the Hausa Fulani oligarchy.
“The body language of the Northern elites, their uncomplimentary remarks on vexed national issues, as well as their double-speaking over the demand of majority of Nigerians for fiscal federalism and resource control can no longer be tolerated at this critical state of our nationhood.
“CMP is very proud of the boldness, focus, determination and leadership sagacity of the present team of Southern Governors; their patriotic spirit and the watertight unity among them which is clearly devoid of political affiliations connotes a deliberate, timely and necessary synergy to free the people of Southern Nigeria, from over six decades of economic strangulation, stagnation and perpetual control of Southern oil wells and God given natural resources.
“It is therefore heart warming and a welcome development for our visionary and highly pragmatic governors in Southern Nigeria, to come together to do the needful as responsible elected representatives of the people, to free our people and region from the iron fist of our internal colonial masters, the Hausa Fulani supremacists and the Northern Oligarchy.
“Southern Governors should sustain the temple and never bow to our economic and political oppressors.
“CMP Endorses the efforts of Southern Nigeria Governors and their genuine demands, in it entirety.
“On this day, Tuesday 5th October, 2021, CMP passes vote of confidence on the Southern Nigeria Governors Forum, SNGF, and its leadership, for a job well done so far, and urged the governors to do everything and anything lawful and necessary to actualise their legitimate collective demands for the States and people of the regions” CMP said.