PDP: a must join party (?)

Finally, the birds have come to roost. The result from Sokoto has sneaked in and PDP has been confirmed the undisputed political heavy weight party in Nigeria. Other political parties made a bearable gain. This is the crowning of one party state and any wise politician, should join PDP, wait for his turn and “win” election. Soon, PDP party card will be as rare as a virgin in a maternity ward. The gains by other political parties, is a disgrace, going by the campaign against PDP’s candidate in Sokoto.

After the court of Appeal nullified the election and ordered a re-run, many political analysts took to the air to interpret the judgment. Some contended that Wamakko having illegally migrated to PDP from ANPP, he is unfit and it will be a judicial hara-kiri for the election to go on and Wamakko on the ticket of PDP. The president, who has been parroting rule of law, went on full swing campaigning and mobilising for the by-election.

While Yar’Adua was using state funds to junket around, the opposition parties were busy turning to paper tigers. Baring their venom less fangs on AIT and pages of the newspaper, they failed to mobilise the people to vote against PDP. Even those who wanted to vote for these fair-weather opposition parties, do not see any variation in the manifestos of these parties from that of PDP. Before the tsunami of Sokoto and Bayelsa, it was Kogi where the tact team of ANPP and AC could not undo PDP and disgracefully Adamawa, were Atiku Abubakar could not win his local government.

The opposition parties/political right NGOs, should stop causing NEPA and light a candle. There is no organisation on ground to effectively challenge PDP. What we have on ground is a group of disgruntled and excluded ex-PDP men, masquerading as opposition. How are these riggings done? The opposition should stop shouting and become scientific and pin-point how PDP rigged these by-elections.

Nigerians are tired of the impotent boast by the opposition and have taken their faith to God, after all the General Overseer of Redeem Christian Church; Pastor Enoch Adeboye has visited Yar’Adua. Do the opposition need the devil to interpret Romans 12 Vs. 1-10 and that Nigerians are more Catholic than the Pope when it comes to being dogmatic about the teachings of the sons of (I-A)braham? The opposition should know that once a taboo is a year old, it becomes custom.

It’s one year seen the rudderless Yar’Adua administration has been at sea and the opposition cannot muster enough courage to proffer alternative. It is not only a wasted year under Yar’Adua, it is also a lost year for the opposition. There has been a lot of opportunity to engage Yar’Adua. One is the Hon. Patricia Eteh saga, another is the Prof. Adenike Grange, yet another is the Soludo case. Even the ignoble manner the new EFCC chair was appointed without first recourse to the National Assembly. What about the comatose power sector? Under OBJ, there was low shedding but under Yar’Adua, Nigeria is in total eclipse.

The hydra-headed Niger Delta that has remained a sore on our national face; what is the opposition’s alternative to PDP’s militarisation of the Niger Delta? That the VP is from Niger Delta and yet cannot calm his renegade brothers is enough to ask him to relinquish power. But because the opposition is as rudderless as PDP, the boys in the creek are asking Jimmy Carter to mediate. Isn’t this a slap on the face of the opposition?

A fine battle cry, is the 40 billion Naira voted for the importation of rice when the agricultural sector is lying fallow. There are bountiful grounds for the opposition to make this government/PDP unpopular and clinch power come 2011. Nigerians want the opposition to engage the Yar’Adua administration on how she has performed so far. Have the seven points agenda been met? What are the seven points agenda? What are the oppositions’ alternative? How can the opposition give us uninterrupted power? Whether it was OBJ that brought us into this quagmire of bad roads; no more lands in F.C.T, nor not, the fact that seems lost on the opposition, is that OBJ’s administration was a PDP government.

People should see through Yar’Adaua’s crocodile tears about the rot and loot in the power sector. It was PDP that ruined us. For a seriously minded political party, campaign for next election begins at the end of the present election. The political education of Nigerian electorates is poor. The opposition that rode on the anti-Obasanjo feelings should galvanise same into anti-PDP movement. The opposition should start now to merge, over haul themselves, do a face lift, educate Nigerians and offer themselves to Nigerians as the bride to enter into come next election by 2011.

PDP is planning for the next 60 years and most “opposition parties” are yet to organise a convention, how much more fine tune strategies to win. While plotting towards 2011, they should put PDP on her toes by proffering alternatives to the non-working policies of this administration. If the opposition is serious, they should jettison these cries over the massive judicial rigging by PDP and start planning towards 2011.

It is obvious that the hanging judgments at the Court of Appeal will still favour PDP. If no other party have won a re-run/by-election, what is the guarantee that if a new by-election is ordered that the opposition will win? Oshiomhole and Mimiko, may be conceded to give credence to the judicial charade going on. With Buhari being a political orphan, don’t expect the Supreme Court to order fresh election that will be a waste of tax payers’ money, as PDP will still win.

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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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