Arise O Compatriot

Being a text of a speech delivered by Che Oyinatumba at a lecture organised by the Abuja Socialist Collective to mark this year’s May Day.

I the president of the oppressed voiceless Nigerians, address you to live up to the creed and wordings of the Nigerian National Anthem, especially, ARISE O COMPATRIOT.

This is another May Day. A day to celebrate the toiling workers contributions to the Nigerian economy and the workers’ contributions to the betterment of those in power. It is a day of long speeches and empty promises from “invited guest” representing the government and other oppressors of the worker-the private sector. The greatest oppressor of workers in Nigeria, the multi-nationals, especially the Asian won factories, is regretting that the worker in the name of May Day will have a day off to relax/recreate and revaluate his unrewarded contributions to his Oga’s healthy bank account. Whether they like it or not, the labourer deserves his wages and rest.

But the toiling, impoverished and homeless workers of Nigeria have no rest to enjoy as the commonest basic needs cannot be met by the peanuts they receive as salary. Furthermore, the thieves of our mandate has started abracadabra called probe. From Power Sector to NNPC, all we hear is that OBJ and his gang of thieves looted Nigeria dry, leaving Nigeria worst than Abacha raped her. Nigerian workers should arise and demand from Yar’Adua’s administration what he intends to do after these probes. Will there be light? Those fingered by the probe report MUST be tried and jailed. Nigerian worker, arise and demand for the prosecution of Imoke, Agagu,Ezekwesili,Obasanjo, Abusalami Abubakar (MD of Energo) and others indicted. The wages of a worker is affected when the industrial wheels refuse to turn as a result of no electricity. It is the right of the worker to work and that of her employer to provide a conducive environment for the worker to produce his best with dignity.

Workers of all trades unite and march down National assembly to demand the arrest of all the companies who took our money without going to site and carrying out the job. Nigerians should know that the greatest defence of these thieves and looters of our national treasury is the non demand of their trial and jailing by the vast majority of the oppressed Nigerians. The ruling class can never try then, unless we the oppressed declare a fatwa on them. Arise now.

We also call on all progressive Nigerians, to task the presidency to disclose the illness Mr. Yar’Adua is suffering from. If he has AIDS, let us know and bear it. We want to know how much was spent on his latest trip to Germany to cure an allergy related infection and from which allocation was the deduction made. Mr. Yara’Adua cannot be shouting Rule of Law without being transparent to Nigerians. He who comes to equity must come with clean hands. This unwarranted trip abroad is an indictment that his administration has failed, will not be any better that those before her and the 7 point agenda mantra, is carved out to deceive Nigerians. Why is there no “catarrh” treatment centre at the National hospital Abuja or any of the numerous University teaching hospitals sprinkled across the country? Nigerian doctors should be retrained to arrest this “catarrh” since it

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