Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, has urged Nigerians to gird their loins and fight for their independence from those who have assumed the role of 'internal colonialists,' thus wiping out the gains of the country's independence from British colonialists in 1960.
The party said in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, on the occasion of the country's 52nd independence anniversary, Monday that incompetent leadership, bad governance, massive corruption and lack of patriotism by successive administrations had made Nigerians worse off today than they were shortly after independence.
It said: "A country that offered so much hopes and possibilities for its citizens at independence has today become a land of suffering, insecurity and near hopelessness, no thanks to visionless leaders.
"The leaders have failed to lead a well-endowed nation to harness the talents of its vibrant, energetic and resilient people. The result is what we have today: a country exhibiting all the characteristics of a failed state."
Vanguard Nigeria