The Muslim Right Concern (MURIC) has reacted to President Goodluck - TopicsExpress



          

The Muslim Right Concern (MURIC) has reacted to President Goodluck Jonathan’s modalities for selecting delegates for the National Conference, saying Jonathan has a hidden agenda. It therefore suggested that the proposed National Conference be rescheduled to take place after the 2015 general election. “In the first instance, FG has arrogated too much power to itself by planning to pick 114 delegates out of 492,” it said in a statement issued by its spokesman, Prof. Ishaq Akintola. “President Jonathan alone wants to pick almost 25% of the total number of delegates. The race is finished before it starts.” Calling on Nigerians to open their eyes, MURIC argued that if it is true that he who pays the piper dictates the tune, delegates picked by the government will have no other option than to articulate the government’s position and seek to retain the status quo. As a result, the change for which Nigerians are yearning cannot materialize in that kind of environment. “Once bitten twice shy,” the group said, warning Nigerians not to allow themselves to be cheated twice. “Today was born from the wombs of yesterday. Only yesterday, this same government postulated an astounding mathematical theory which posited that 16 was higher than 19. This happened during the election of the chairman of Nigerian governors. FG recognized Jonah Jang of Plateau State who scored 16 votes. To date, government has not deemed it fit to correct this anomaly. “If the margin between 16 and 19 is not wide enough to arouse our utmost disgust, what of the difference between 5 and 27? Only five members of the Rivers State House of Assembly allegedly got Aso Rock’s blessing to unseat the speaker who had the support of 27 members. These are nauseating instances which conscious Nigerians will continue to use as barometers to measure the clime in Jonathan’s government.” Stating that the government has a hidden agenda, MURIC said the outcome of a conference heavily tilted in favour of government cannot be the will of the people but an imposition of President Jonathan’s will, contrary to Rousseau’s General Will, the will of the Nigerian people.
Posted on: Sun, 02 Feb 2014 11:43:20 +0000

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