"Aso Rock and Brick House are fractions of a rotten whole. They have both participated, in an ongoing basis, in oppressing and dehumanizing the masses. For instance, during the petrol price uprising, they all worked together, not only to justify the oppressive policy, but actually worked together to frustrate our efforts to challenge the evil policy. The governor used labour to frustrate the protest in Port Harcourt, while the presidency unleashed fascistic stomp troopers on peaceful protesters on Port Harcourt streets. The Amaechi’s administration presided over the demolition of communities, such as Njemanze, Abonnema wharf road and Zor-sogho in khana LGA of Rivers State, while the presidency has presided over the demolition of poor people’s houses and communities in Abuja. To show how heartless the Nigerian ruling class is, the ACN governor of Lagos State visited the same barbarism on a section of poor masses of Lagos State. Recently, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) chairman and some of the members of the Rivers State University of Science & Technology (UST) chapter of the union have been subjected to all manner of intimidations, victimization, police brutalities and all forms of degrading treatments, just because they tried to resist the imposition of a Vice Chancellor on the school without following due process. ASUU chairman, Dr Felix Igwe, was even kidnapped at gun point and later dumped along Airport road, Igwuruta just because they gathered to hold a meeting of the Union. Governor Amaechi has stifled academic freedom in UST, Port Harcourt. Presently, ASUU at the national level is on strike because of the insensitivities of the Presidency. No doubt our ruling class abhors education. Evidently, the choice before the Nigerian masses is not located within one fraction or the other of the Nigerian ruling class both within and outside the ruling party. Currently, the choice before them is between barbarism, represented by the ruling class and social progress, which can only be achieved when the present suffocating system, foisted on us by the decadent ruling class is liquidated. Let’s support the masses, let’s work with them on this historical task." Godwin Frank and co, on the planned protest by some CSOs in support of the perceived persecution of Gov. Amaechi by the Presidency.
Posted on: Mon, 29 Jul 2013 12:02:53 +0000
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