Coalition Alerts Nigerians to Elites’ Plot Against Tinubu Administration, Citing Government Reforms as Gains

A coalition of civil Society Organisations First Green White Resources, in collaboration with the Strategic Communication Centre for Defence and Security, has raise alarm over the intentionally plot by some Nigerian elites to paint this administration black and put the government in bad light before the general public, whereas the reforms under going by this government are yielding positive outcomes

With the Theme,”Separating Politics From Governance”, the Founder / CEO, First Green White Resources Comrade Bonaventure Philips and the Director of Publicity, Strategic Communication Centre for Defence and Security, Mr Yashim Luka disclosed this at the weekend during the Organizations joint world press Conference in Abuja to alert Nigerians on this politicians activities and urge the public to be vigilant and not to fall into the antics of this self serving individuals who are bent in doing everything possible to frustrate this administration.

According Comrade Bonaventure,
” We have noticed rather unfortunately, that rather than applaud these remarkable achievements and suggest ways and areas of possible improvements, some person, mostly motivated by political inclinations, especially those who have fallen out of favour with the current establishment, are making frantic efforts, including inserting toxic media contents to pour tar on the achievements, aimed at diminishing the gains being recorded. This is not only unpatriotic, but meant to mislead the public, especially citizens of the country, that nothing is working, when they know it is deliberate falsehood.

” Let me quickly talk about just a few of the numerous areas the reforms are performing well
Following the removal of oil subsidy , as the president promised, through reforms in the petroleum industry and the support by government to indigenous players, there is now a healthy competition among investors and with this oil Sector reforms no Nigerian is sleeping in the fuel station again in other to buy fuel like b4. The removal of subsidy has helped government to save money which is being invested in massive legacy projects like the rapid transformation of FCT, the 770-kilometer Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway running from Lagos and across 13 states to Cross River State. That project may end up as Nigeria’s most ambitious infrastructure investment in history when completed. States are currently receiving more than three times their previous statutory allocations while there is enough money to pay workers, university teachers as well as pay other bills.

The Nigeran Students Laon Scheme established by the present administration commenced operations just may last year and has so far disbursed ₦73.2billion to 396,252 students from 206 tertiary institutions across the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT); just to mention a few.

Let me state that the major worry for us and therefore the primary reason for this press conference is the ongoing war against the management of Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), especially personal attacks on its Group Chief Executive Officer, Bashir Bayo Ojulari.

” I want to quickly remind us that someone was NNPCL CEO for many years until recently and the roof was not brought down as is been plotted today. The current CEO assumed office less than four months ago, in fact, he clocked 100 days in office on Tuesday this week. Even though he has neither awarded contracts nor leased oil blocks, the barrage of attacks on him and how the attacks are being celebrated in the media should be that a matter of concern to well-meaning citizens.

President Tinubu, while announcing Bayo Olujiri’s appointment, made it clear that he is to carry out comprehensive overhaul of the company, inject reform policies necessary for NNPCL to operate with global best practices and therefore profitable to the country and our people. It is not surprising or rather expected that some interests would try to resist the change, no matter how necessary. The unthinkable however is when the resistance comes within the system which can be seen as a coup de-tat.

” We have all come to the consensus that opposition is a necessary force to strengthen democratic governance. But that is when opposition is done with the intent to bring out the best out of those in government for the good of a gre
As a way of summary therefore, we hereby call on politicians to separate politics from governance. There is a time for politics and a time for nation-building. The idea of attacking strategic institutions of government as a way of getting to the President because of 2027 is a great de-service to the nation and direct attack on the wellbeing of our people.

In his submission, Mr Yashim Luka said the Orgànisation has noticed the taken over of airwaves by this disgruntled politicians and call for restrained.

” We all are witnesses to the fact that politicians have hijacked the nation’s airwaves, including television and radio stations, newspapers, online and social media platforms. And most times, they are passing massages of doom, rather than uplift the peoples’ morale through messages of hope “.

It is unfortunate, to put mildly, for someone who has served the nation as governor, senator, minister, whatever, to come to the public and say that Nigeria would collapse soon; or that there is no hope for the people, just to undermine the system and heat up the system unnecessarily in order to advance personal interest and in the process, gain political milage at the detriment of Nigerian people.

For us, the convergence for 2027 is rather too early and therefore becoming a source of serious distraction.Luka said.