By Emmanuel Udom
As the
anti-corruption war of the President Muhammed Buhari-led regime enters its
second year, Chairman, Ijaw National Congress, (INC), Lagos state chapter, Dr Patrick Keku, has called on the
president to look for non selective ways of executing the war and also fixing
the economic realities presently facing the country at the same time.
Keku, in an exclusive
interview with our correspondent on Monday, June 20, lamented that ordinary
persons at the grassroots across the federation seem to be fed up with the
change mantra that has brought nothing to them, except sufferings.
His words:
“Vulcanizes, wielders, petty traders, rural farmers, jobless persons, civil servants, small
business owners, etc, are finding it difficult to make ends meet and yet the
president promised a new lease of life for Nigerians”
He further
explained that the mindset of some persons in Nigeria shows that Buhari is
perceived as fighting a selective anti-corruption war, where past government
officials, who served during the regime of former President Goodluck Jonathan
are witch hunted.
On the call
by the federal government for dialogue with the Niger Delta Avengers, Keku, who
is also the CEO/Chairman of Pahek Security Services Limited, Lagos, appealed to
the militants in the Niger Delta region to embrace dialogue as war and
destruction of federal government infrastructures and pipelines of
multi-national oil companies does not portend a good omen for the country.
He wondered
why the militants should opt for war instead of dialogue in order to redress
what they perceived as the injustice meted out to them by the government.
Keku also
advised members of the Niger Delta Avengers to lay down their arms and embrace
the dialogue options extended to them by the federal government for the sake of
peace, unity and progress of the region and the entire country.
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