2023: Agbakoba Distances Self From New Political Movement For Not Consulting Him
LAGOS JULY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Olisa Agbakoba SAN, has disowned a new political movement known as the ‘National Consultative Front’ which named him among 37 other political and thought leaders who came together to form the group.
The group had issued a communique on Wednesday where it listed a 7-point resolution from its “nationwide consultation and engagement”.
The movement, whose members include Ghali Naaba, Oby Ezekwesili, Col Umar Dangiwa, Pat Utomi, Mailafia Obadiah and Femi Falana, said its mission was to rescue Nigeria from completely sliding into “political anarchy”, among others.
But in a tweet on Thursday, Agbakoba distanced himself from the group.
He said, “My attention has been drawn to a widely circulated story that I am part of a new political movement known as the National Consultative Front.
“Without prejudice to the need for such a political movement, I want to place it on record that I was not consulted and so I am not part of the National Consultative Front.”
“The new mass movement shall deploy a dual approach in its national and public engagement by expounding a combination of ideological and pragmatic perspectives, especially in its communications in the mass/social media and its outreach to the grassroots and the everyday Nigerians. This is with the aim of clearly exposing everything wrong with Nigeria’s current governance system and its political architecture, while providing viable and workable alternatives and simplifying our new ideological mission and agenda for the country so as to make it easily understandable and interpretable for effective buy-in of every Nigerian.
“That the emerging mass movement shall constantly consult with credible fraternal political elders for their solidarity, while consistently slating policy issues for debate & engagements at the grassroots in developing the political consciousness and culture of the ordinary people on the street for them to realize and understand how to collectively change the demoralising and demobilising narrative and situation in Nigeria without having to give up but instead take ownership of the country through solidarity with like-minded Stakeholders, based on a new conviction and confidence motivated that the country can work in the hands of a new principled and disciplined leadership.”
The Whistler
Short URL: https://newsrangers.com/?p=52402
Posted by News Rangers
on Jul 2 2020. Filed under National.
You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0.
You can leave a response or trackback to this entry
