The former Nigerian Bar Association President human right activist Olisa Agbakoba (SAN) and a labour activist, Isa Aremu and others have formed a political movement called National Intervention Movement on Tuesday.
Agbakoba, who was named as the leader of the NIM’s national steering committee, explained that his daughter had advised him against taking part in the 2014 conference but that he also had its doubts.
He said, “But I resolved that (conflict) with Pastor Tunde Bakare by rejecting the N12.5m allowance.
“It is now clear that the 2014 confab was meant to serve President Jonathan’s political interest.
“The difference between what we are doing today and what IBB did in his confab, what Abacha did in his confab what OBJ did in his own confab and what President Jonathan did in his own confab is that, they had their own political agenda.
“So, if we start from saying that Nigeria is a failing or failed state we have about 180 million people who do not take part in the political discuss.
“If we can get this political movement and get these people to make a political choice, that will be the difference.â€
Also speaking at the event, a labour activist, Isa Aremu, explained that it was sad that Nigeria had suffered the misfortune of having individuals who cared less about the people they were supposed to be serving at the helm of affairs.
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He recalled that the nation’s first labour strike during the colonial era was not about workers’ wages but about allowances.
According to him, it is now an irony that it will take an appeal by the President (Muhammadu Buhari) for state governors to pay workers their salaries.
Aremu said, “This is the right time for all compatriots to stand up for our nation and for those of us in organised labour to speak, we need to get political.
“There is a need for us to have a new set of governors who will regard constitutional provisions.â€
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