As the clock ticks ahead of the 2015 presidential election, The Coordinator General of the South-
East Revival Group ,SERG, Willy Ezugwu, on Monday called on all Nigerians of Igbo descent to ensure that they pitch their voice against President Goodluck Jonathan at the 2015 general elections.
A communique issued by Mr. Ezugwu said that “any person who is genuinely of Igbo extraction must be prepared to punish President Goodluck Jonathan at the next election or through mass protests that would amount to a vote of no confidence in him after the series of failed promises he made to garner votes from the region.”
He accused President Jonathan of deceiving Igbo people with his campaign promises during the 2011 election, as all his actions since coming into office have only impoverished the Igbos who genuinely voted for him.
The statement said that all the people of the South East have gotten for supporting the President in good faith was the array of phantom projects that if implemented would only serve to multiply the hell they presently live in.
It said “Construction of the Second Niger Bridge is a fresh political dummy, packaged by President Jonathan and his south-east proxy, Anambra state Governor, Peter Obi which is being marketed under the guise of being financed through Public Private Partnership-PPP/BOT-Built-Operate & Transfer.
“When Jonathan solicited support from Igbos in 2011 with promises of projects, he did not disclosed to these trusting people that his grand plan was to sell them into slavery that PPP-BOT amounts to. The past events show that these concessions are usually granted to cronies who in turn share the resulting loot with those in government.
“But all these are being disregarded in the bid to again hoodwink Ndigbo in the South East and cart away votes come 2015 Presidential election. The desperation of President Jonathan’s spinners is astounding. They are branding this project as the first of its kind in Nigeria when the harrowing experiences of some travellers in some parts of the South West since the collapse of similar PPP-BOT project between the Federal Government and Bi-Courtney Ltd on rebuilding of Lagos/Ibadan Express road exposed the lie for what it is.
“Private Building of the Second Niger Bridge with-no fixed completion date is the stuff fraud is made of. It would come with consequences on the people since the investor would be eager to recoup the resources invested and if history and happenings elsewhere are good guides, the profit taking in such ventures would be unregulated and at the expense of Igbo-race for next the 40 years or for the number of years of slavery specified in the agreement.
“We challenge those who routed for Jonathan’s Presidency to go and ask him: what has been the benefit of swaying Igbos to support Jonathan and the PDP? What has happened to the national resources that the President is meant to hold in trust that he now has to start shopping for a slave master for the South East? Why has government abandoned the Onitsha Seaport project, a cargo airport in the South East and the Orient Oil refinery?” The SERG Coordinator asked.
SERG asked Igbo people to immediately start searching for their candidates for the next elections and particularly look out for the person that would protect their economic interest and not someone who will wilfully sell them into slavery.
The group said the easiest way towards ensuring this is successful, is to insist that a South-East Presidency in 2015 is a must, and warning the people who hide under the guise of social cultural groups to truncate the collective aspiration of Igbo people to desist from such act
It also said that the people should not rule out the option of taking on Jonathan’s government over an attempt to foist anti-people’s policies like PPP-BOT on them since access to world class infrastructure is embedded in the economic rights guaranteed by the laws of the land, and that the government can provide these without recourse to sending Nigerians into slavery.
According to SERG, the Igbo people must immediately activate all democratic options available to punish President Jonathan for abandoning his electoral promises.
East Revival Group ,SERG, Willy Ezugwu, on Monday called on all Nigerians of Igbo descent to ensure that they pitch their voice against President Goodluck Jonathan at the 2015 general elections.
A communique issued by Mr. Ezugwu said that “any person who is genuinely of Igbo extraction must be prepared to punish President Goodluck Jonathan at the next election or through mass protests that would amount to a vote of no confidence in him after the series of failed promises he made to garner votes from the region.”He accused President Jonathan of deceiving Igbo people with his campaign promises during the 2011 election, as all his actions since coming into office have only impoverished the Igbos who genuinely voted for him.
The statement said that all the people of the South East have gotten for supporting the President in good faith was the array of phantom projects that if implemented would only serve to multiply the hell they presently live in.
It said “Construction of the Second Niger Bridge is a fresh political dummy, packaged by President Jonathan and his south-east proxy, Anambra state Governor, Peter Obi which is being marketed under the guise of being financed through Public Private Partnership-PPP/BOT-Built-Operate & Transfer.
“When Jonathan solicited support from Igbos in 2011 with promises of projects, he did not disclosed to these trusting people that his grand plan was to sell them into slavery that PPP-BOT amounts to. The past events show that these concessions are usually granted to cronies who in turn share the resulting loot with those in government.
“But all these are being disregarded in the bid to again hoodwink Ndigbo in the South East and cart away votes come 2015 Presidential election. The desperation of President Jonathan’s spinners is astounding. They are branding this project as the first of its kind in Nigeria when the harrowing experiences of some travellers in some parts of the South West since the collapse of similar PPP-BOT project between the Federal Government and Bi-Courtney Ltd on rebuilding of Lagos/Ibadan Express road exposed the lie for what it is.
“Private Building of the Second Niger Bridge with-no fixed completion date is the stuff fraud is made of. It would come with consequences on the people since the investor would be eager to recoup the resources invested and if history and happenings elsewhere are good guides, the profit taking in such ventures would be unregulated and at the expense of Igbo-race for next the 40 years or for the number of years of slavery specified in the agreement.
“We challenge those who routed for Jonathan’s Presidency to go and ask him: what has been the benefit of swaying Igbos to support Jonathan and the PDP? What has happened to the national resources that the President is meant to hold in trust that he now has to start shopping for a slave master for the South East? Why has government abandoned the Onitsha Seaport project, a cargo airport in the South East and the Orient Oil refinery?” The SERG Coordinator asked.
SERG asked Igbo people to immediately start searching for their candidates for the next elections and particularly look out for the person that would protect their economic interest and not someone who will wilfully sell them into slavery.
The group said the easiest way towards ensuring this is successful, is to insist that a South-East Presidency in 2015 is a must, and warning the people who hide under the guise of social cultural groups to truncate the collective aspiration of Igbo people to desist from such act
It also said that the people should not rule out the option of taking on Jonathan’s government over an attempt to foist anti-people’s policies like PPP-BOT on them since access to world class infrastructure is embedded in the economic rights guaranteed by the laws of the land, and that the government can provide these without recourse to sending Nigerians into slavery.
According to SERG, the Igbo people must immediately activate all democratic options available to punish President Jonathan for abandoning his electoral promises.
