Balarabe Musa, Shehu Sani launch political movement

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 IRKED by the political and economic ills, which they said, are consequences of the poor leadership of President Goodluck Jonathan, former governor of Kaduna State, Alhaji Balarabe Musa and leader of the Northern Civil Society Coalition, Mallam Shehu Sani, have inaugurated a group known as Majalisar Talakawa/Peoples Movement to challenge the status quo.

Addressing the teaming crowd at a rally, Alhaji Musa denounced the poor leadership of Jonathan in the country, saying the inauguration of "the Majalisar Talakawa/Peoples Movement was meant to ensure that those who had no business in governance were not found in the corridors of power".

According to him: "The response from the Proletariat or Talakawa today is very encouraging because this is the first outing of the Peoples

Parliament or rather, the assembly of the common men, or the assembly of the proletariat."

"What they have chosen to campaign for is the liberation of the common man, liberation of the proletariat and this is very important now, particularly because of the level of social marginalisation in Nigeria today.

"And Kaduna being the state chosen to establish the assembly of the proletariat, for the first time is the right place because in many ways, Kaduna is the centre for liberation in Nigeria. Kaduna and Kano constituted the first areas of political liberation in Nigeria".

Musa argued: "I think this movement is likely to see the light of the day because its formation is consistent with the fundamental rights provisions of the 1999 Constitutions of Nigeria.

"Secondly, it is relevant because of the level of marginalisation of the masses in Nigeria that has gone so far that something must be done even for the sake of peace in the country".

"You can see that everything in this country has been monetised to the extent that our value as human beings is assessed in terms of money", he pointed out.

He added: "This is the worst situation that can happen in any country. You can see the leading role of corruption, stealing and criminal waste of public resources in Nigeria. It has gone so far that it has disabled our government in the country, at the expense of the common man.

"So, this assembly has come at the right time. It will definitely help Nigerians who understand the state of the nation, it will also help patriotic organisations that already exist in Nigeria to know how to tackle this negative state of the Nigerian nation".

Besides, Mallam Sani, also the President of the Civil Rights Congress (CRC), spoke on the formation of Majalisar Talakawa and the need for Nigerians to protect the values of true democracy.

He lamented that "it is about 14 years since the restoration of democracy and it is clear that both the elected and appointed people who have found themselves in public offices have taken the issue of the common man to the background".

Said he: "We have formed this organisation to provide a platform for the masses to express their grievances against people in the position of power, to also bring forth their own agenda, and to perform unofficial oversight functions on those who have been constitutionally empowered to administer the country from all tiers of governments.

"What we should understand clearly is that the common man in this country is faced by a number of crises. We have the elected persons who have decided to disconnect themselves from the people; we also have the feudal institutions that portrayed themselves as natural rulers and exercise authority of repression and exploitation against the common man. And also we have the business class, private sector, that are acting together with the political establishment to exploit the people".

He added: "The mass movement is aimed at sensitising the people to free themselves and serve as a springboard to the Nigeria spring. It is a revolutionary movement rooted in the people and determined to protect the interest of the people. 2015 is going to be the year of the people because, it is 14 years of tyranny, 14 years of exploitation, 14 years of repression and this Majalisar Talakawa is going to bring an end to what has become a menace to the people as far as we are concerned.

"It is very clear that those factors of poverty and other social vices in Nigeria have seriously hindered, impeded and inhibited our growth as

a people, our unity as a people and our progress as a people. But the Peoples Parliament is all-encompassing, irrespective of your creed, gender, religious affiliation. The parliament will set for itself an agenda of demolishing those barriers of repression, tyranny and exploitation that have become the blocks of impediments to the unity and progress of our people".



The Guardian