CLARION CALL FOR SNC

We all know that Nigeria as a pseudo Federal state is lopsided, that though the country will be 51years old come October 1st we are far off from nationhood. That ethnic cleavages and nepotism is a factor in getting what, where and when. That public officers loot our colective treasury with impunity, that insecurity of lives and property remains the order of the day.

That it is pratically impossible for Enebong Bassey to become a councillor in any local goverment in Ekiti State, Muhktar Dalhattu to become a Local government chairman in Ebonyi State, and a Sangosanya Ibikunle to be Governor of Kaduna state.Whereas, we have sacrified merit from independence till date to create a sense of belonging for the hitherto independent nations cobbled together, through the rotation of leadership.

That the government at the centre is too power and domineering at the detriment of the component states and local units. That fiscal federalism is an abberation in our political economy . That Constitutional conferences and Constitutents Assemblies have taken place in the past but could not address and redress fundamental ills bedevilling the country, that are too numerous to mention here.

 That at this epoch in our chequered history, there is need to convoke a Sovereign National Conference (SNC) as a peacful panacea to frontally and holistically address social, economic and political problems that are impediments to our growth and development as a people. That the SNC to resolve our multi-faceted problems is not an event but a process to remake Nigeria, it is not a constituent assembly or a conference of ethnic nationalities and it should not be reduced to PRONACO workshop. It is a contested terrain of ideas, to redefine and to renegotiate our continous existence as people.

 The SNC must and should be convoked by the working people, artisans, peasants, proffessional and interest groups,the physically challenged, students and youths, faith based organisations, CSOs, CBOs self determination groups and other oppressed layers of the Nigerian state.


As we hope to get in touch with you as soon as possible please start mobilising people in your neighbourhood and working place now. SNC is a struggle to be waged independently by the people, for the people in the collective interest of the working people and other oppressed and marginalised layers of the Nigerian society.
Contact: Wale Balogun 08135356082 for more information