By Ken Afor
As Nigerians mark the country’s 63rd independence anniversary, the national chairman of the Labour Party, LP, Barrister Julius Abure, has challenged citizens to speak with one voice in stamping out the evil that has plagued the country.
Abure in his independence day message to Nigerians said that the majority of the populace are wallowing in abject poverty because some selfish political elites have amassed wealth for themselves.
Reacting to the pronouncement by the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal, PEPT, the Labour Party chairman noted that the revered institutions perceived to be the last hope of the masses have failed to live up to their expectations.
He however urged the citizens not to give up on a new Nigeria.
He said, “Leadership is all about service and making life better for the people but today, what we see is leaders who are interested in pilling fortunes while the majority of the populace are left to wallow in abject poverty.
“Our recent experience has shown how concentric circles of the rich deployed their vast wealth to deny the people their electoral wishes by effectively weaponizing poverty. Revered institutions hitherto held in highest esteem, unfortunately failed Nigerians when it mattered most.
“Our younger generations who were not born before independence but read histories of the great heroes and heroines of Nigeria will be wondering where we got it all wrong. How truth is killed on the altar of technicalities in our temple justices.
“However, Nigeria can still rise to attain greatness if our generation can muster the courage to speak with one voice in condemnation of the evil that has kept the nation under perpetual bondage. We believe that a new Nigeria is still possible. I foresee a total and imminent emancipation of Nigeria from the clutches of darkness.”
