On the pages of daily and weekly media publication in the country today are numerious ill-rated attentions seeking press releases and publication directing one media wave or the other.
In the midst of all these political and undemocratic noise, Nigeria youth and women groups who believe in the Nigerian Project and are committed to loyally demonstrate same through active participation in democratic processes are almost distractged from the exercise of their God-given franchise.
On this position a delta state based political elder stateman, Dr. (chief) Godwin Iwegbue, has risen to change the tide of false flow of bad political blood, he has joined the crop of other national elder statemen who make passionate appeal to Nigerians to give a second reasoning reflection on the numerious media attacks on the personality of General Ibrahim Babamosi Babangida, fondly called IBB, since IBB declared his intention to contest the 2011 presidential elecetions.
Dr. Iwegbue described as ‘sponsored threats’ all the political threats and darts charged towards IBB, and expressed his shock, despair and most funny, his amazement over the sorry state of many a great National intellectuals, renowned democrats, politicians and religious leaders who have witlessly and without recourse to the fundamental rights of every Nigerian (of which IBB is one) to aspire for election into any democratic position, have joined the band-wagon of those who in his words he described as “men and women who are prepared to kick start a revolution and perhaps destroy Aso-rock villa, if IBB should pick a PDP ticket.
The political elder stateman drew a sharp contrast between the IBB that ruled Nigeria from 1985-1993 as a soldier in Khaki and the new IBB, who with greater experience 17 years after is now a democrat with a vision to take the nation to greater heights.
Dr. Iwegbue stressed that IBB’s 17 years of sabbatical silence created enough time for him to reflect on the challenges facing Nigeriaon both economic and political fronts, thus such reflection led to IBB’s conclusion that if the issues at stake ( true federalism, devolution of power, creation of state police, resource control, etc) are fully put into practice, Nigeria will be taken to the next level of development.
The elder stateman extended an open invitation to the leadership, friends and memebership of Campaign Network for IBB (CNI); National Solidarity Association (NSA); Concerned Women For IBB (CWI) and Nigerian Youth Earnestly Desire IBB (NYED-IBB) to continuously mobilize more Nigerian electorates at the grassroot levels for a hurricane-like support for IBB, stating that such move will not only help us realize the development and growth of this nation but also add positive and lasting value to the life of the ordinary Nigerian, who believe in the Nigerian Project.
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