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   Public Announcement by the  Movement for Progressive Change In Nigeria

     

                           Slogan: Wake Up Nigeria ;Time For Change, Nigeria Now

 

Despite the availability vast Nigerian economic resources and men and women of intellect inside and outside Nigeria who are ready to make themselves available for services to the nation, Nigeria is still bedeviled with the anachronism of under development in its polity, economic and social services.

 

Nigeria lacks basic amenities of  life : constancy and regularity in the supply of electricity ; uninterrupted water supply where water is supplied at all; availability of delivery of adequate health system , manifesting in the lack of drug  and  deficiency of hospital facilities ; qualitativeness and quantitativeness in educational facilities ; economic viability in transportation facility as   a result of lack of modern road, rail and air network while the ruling class, the politicians are overpaid and over- pampered as the workers at  individual , private and corporate level are under-paid, ignored and treated with disdain and disrespect.

 

Even the police is not adequately prepared to fight crime as policemen are made to buy their own shoes and touch-lights and other equipments from the corrupt money that they get from ‘wetin you carry’ road check .

 

Nigeria can no longer be allowed to continue to drift if it is to survive as a nation .We are therefore obliged to do something before calamity strikes .

 

   Our Mission :

 

1. To formulate strategy to develop Nigeria from a politically and economically backward country to a politically and economically progressive country in the shortest possible time.
2. To politically restructure Nigerian multi- party system to a tri-polarity bloc of left-center and right with a view to cleansing the political spectrum to enable our people make reasonable choices at all elections.
3.  To hold the Nigerian Constitution sacrosanct  subject to its amendment in accordance with the letters and spirit of the constitution with periodical  constitutional conferences as may be necessary.
4. To sensitize our people as to their role by holding the politicians accountable for their deeds.
5. To ensure internal democracy in our party structure and ensure democratically inclined competition among the political parties to ensure that our people are given opportunity to meaningfully participate in electing their representatives at all levels of government .
6. To promote integrity and ensure ethical behavior for our public office holders both at political and bureaucratic levels.
7. To ensure that political parties design meaningful manifestoes by which their performances would  be measured in government .
8. To ensure that the public draws benchmark by which budgetary allocations are dispensed and accounted for.
9.  To try to bring these changes within our framework of political system or necessary to take other constitutional measures that would help to achieve our aims and desire for the interest of our people.
10. To promote openness in government as a means of developing ethical integrity to fight waste ,corruption ,favoritism, nepotism and tribalism in government services .

 

 

 Philosophy : Our basic philosophy shall be to adopt the position of Basic Rights Advocate In Nigeria (BRAIN) with a view to ensuring that the government lays good foundation for the supply of necessity of life – education, health, housing, employment, food which will depend on the adequate availability of infrastructure like water , electricity, mobile transportation network, sophisticated communication facilities , schools , hospitals and mechanical agricultural industries that will stimulate manufacturing industrialization thereby economic development- and to make the people demand if that is not the case .

 

The time to start is now in order to make progress everyday and every moment . We can no longer wait.

 

Methodology : To embark on political socialization of our people towards our aim by working together to do  in addition to saying what is desirable .

 

To generate debate in all our spheres of life and to analyze our problems and arrive at possible solutions and to take actions to implement these solutions arrived at .

 

We do not want to accept the concept of gradualism to wait for more years after 48 years of Independence when our people are yearning for democracy that is routed in their culture with the history , experience and aspiration of freedom enshrined in our constitution in pursuit of happiness and realization of dignity for every Nigerian which they have fought for in the past and continue to struggle for.

 

The time is now for Nigeria to modernize her democracy and democratize her capitalism .

 

 After fighting foreign colonialism , military dictatorship , Nigeria can no longer tolerate modern  despots in democratic garment.

 

Now, is time  for action and every Nigerian is invited to contribute in words and in deed to the wakeup call for change on a great nation , Nigeria whose foundation was built on the dreams of our founding fathers , Herbert Macaulay, Nnamdi Azikiwe, Obafemi Awolowo , Ahmadu Bello is ready to take her historic proud and rightful place in the community of Nations. Wake up Nigeria-Time for Change .

 

For more information, contact Bari Salau at: adedejisalau@yahoo.com

The Nigeria Government has announced an immediate reduction  in the pump price of Premiun Motor Spirit from the exisiting N70 per litre to N65 per litre.

A Government statement said the reduction is in response to failing Oil prices in the global market.  This is the first time that the Nigerian Government will voluntarily reduce the Price of Petrol; past reductions had been in reaction to agitations by labour and civil society groups.

1. President Umaru Yar’adua presented final results of the 2006 census to the National Assembly in a ceremony that lasted about10 minutes,
   

   Nigeria's ruling party, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Chieftain, Olabode George facing corruption charges

2. The Senate commenced considering the report of the Probe panel on former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Malam Nasir El-Rufai.
   

   Former FCT 'Iron' Minister, El-Rufai..now on trial

3. National Executive Committee of Nigeria’s opposition party, the Action Party met to deliberate on this week visit of it’s Presidential Candidate in the 2007 elections, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar to former President Olusegun Obasanjo
4. A Lagos High Court continued hearing in a suit brought against the former Chairman of the Board of the Nigerian Ports Authority, Chief Olabode George, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

Honourable Emmanuel Go’ar has lost its job as the Speaker of the Plateau State House of Assembly, today.

This is sequel to a vote of no confidence passed on his leadership by his colleagues in the State House of Assembly, and an impeachment motion supported by 17 out of the 24 members of the state Legislature.

A new Speaker has been appointed in person of Honourable I. Nwansat, representing Pankshin Constituency. Speaking on the reasons for the removal of Hon.  Go’ar, the Chairman of the State House of Assembly, alleged that the impeached Speaker of ‘weak leadership’.

The State of Asssembly has adjourned sitting till January 27, 2009.

Plateau State is the twelfth largest state of Nigeria, and is roughly located in the center of the country. Its capital is Jos. Plateau State is celebrated as “The Home of Peace and Tourism”, an image that has been fractured in recent years by Muslim-Christian clashes in the state. Plateau. It has a population of around 3.5 million people.

Highlights of President Obama’s inaugural speech

Fellow citizens,

• I stand here today humble by the tasks before us, grateful for the trust you bestowed.
• I thank President Bush for his service to the nation
• We are in the midst of crisis..there is a nagging fear that America’s decline is inevitable
• The challenges we face are real..they will not be melt down overnight..but they will surely melt down
• We have gathered here because chosen hope over failure..
• Greatness is never given..it must be earned
• We reamain the most prosperous nation on earth..starting today we must pick ourselves up, dust oourselves up
• There is work to be done to lay new foundation  for growth
• We shall restore science to its rightful place
• We shall harness the sun, the moon, the earth , and the wind to fill our cars
• The question we ask today is not whether our economy is too big or too small but whether it works
• The prosperity of our economy depends on our ability to extend opportunity to everyon
•   Our spirit is stronger and it can not be broken, you cannot harass us, we shall defeat it
•   People will judge you on what you can build not what you destroy
• This is a moment that will define a generation
• To the moslem world we seek a new way forward.
• God bless the United States of America

You can watch live internet streaming of President Barack Obama’s inauguration at this link:  http://edition.cnn.com/live/

“That the review exercise of the 1999 constitution is necessary and will undertaken to address the yearnings of Nigerians with a view to amending some contentious provisions and introducing new ones that will  deepen democracy in Nigeria.

However, because of the sensitive nature and importance of the assignment, the committee decided resolve to undertake the review on incremental basis

That the committee will ensure widespread participation of Nigerians in the amendment and review process and that adequate publicity of the process in various Nigerian languages is carried out. Subsequently, the committee resolves that sis members will visit their geo political zones to receive memoranda and suggestions from the public

That the committee will place emphasis on issues that unite the country rather than divisive matters, and that the committee will conclude action on the first set of the amendment of the constitution in the first quarter of 2010″

-Communiqué issued at the end of a retreat of the National Assembly Joint Committee on Constitutional Review, (JCCR)

Read by Senator Ike Ekweremandu, Deputy Senate President, National Assembly Joint Committee on Constitutional Review, (JCCR)

 

• Nigeria’s opposition party, the Action Congress has called for the reduction of fuel prices,  in order to reduce economic hardships in Nigeria .
• The Christian Association of Nigeria, Plateau state is to embark on a Spiritual fast to seek divine intervention to prevent future occurrence of religious clashes in the state.
  

  Yar'Adua, Nigeria's President

• Airline operators are calling for reduction in the price of Aviation fuel. Alhaji Mohammed Tukur, Secretary of the Airline Operators said, Aviation fuel  presently cost about  N200 per litre, hiking  the cost of a one hour flight to be up to half a  million naira.
• Honourable Abiola Olowookere, a member of the Ekiti House of Assembly in South West Nigeria, escaped death by whiskers, as persons suspected to be hired assassins visited his residence, last weekend, but meet his absence.

 

 A  Nigerian Non Governmental Organization, the Rural Africa Water Development Project (RAWDP) has embarked on the production and distribution of  Mor-sand water filter to rural communities in the Niger Delta, towards increasing access to water.

Mor Sand filters, www.mor-sandfilter.org integrates the combination of coagulation and filtration as effective processes significant in the reduction of the concentration of microorganisms in water. It markedly differs from the ordinary slow-sand filter by its adoption of a Moringa oleifera seed paste layer. This layer offers coagulation, a traditional first unit process in conventional water treatment that is crucial for the removal of impurities in water

 

The Chief Executive Officer of the NGO, Mr. Joachim Ezeji told Assemblyonline.info that  his organization has so far installed a total of 21,023 filters for local households in various communities in the Niger Delta.

Nigeria’s volatile  Niger Delta comprises — 187 local government areas, with a population of about 30 million peoples, spread over 13,329 communities.

Ezeji said his organization plans to install up to 78,000 Mor-sand filters by 2012. Towards achieving this, the RAWD,  has trained  78 clean water artisans expected to man 78 water filter factories currently being set up in the various communities. Each filter factory will accordingly be supported to manufacture 1000 filters before the end of 2012”.

 According to the Chief Executive Officer, as a means of monitoring progress toward the goals and objectives set for the project; Rural Africa Water Development Project (RAWDP) in collaboration with a multi-stakeholder group that comprised of traditional institutions, government line ministries, Community Based Organizations and community volunteers developed a core set of indicators for effective Monitoring and Evaluation. The objectives of the Monitoring and Evaluation includes the need to measure progress against objectives and performance standards, and to enable accountability to donors, partners and people affected by the project. 

 Mr. Ezeji further expressed appreciation to the  World Bank and the African Development Bank for providing the seed funds so far used in the production and installation of a total of 21,023 filters.

“The challenges before him are enormous. He has two wars to deal with and he has the greatest financial  crisis since the great depression.  He has the financial crisis against him but he is an extremely intelligent peson with great confidence who I think will be up to the challenges.

I also think he has a chance to come out of this as one of the greatest presidents in our history because what a President needs for greatest are great challenges and he has these. If he can deal with these challenges, we may be seeing one of the greatest Presidents in American history”

-Sir Walter Carrignton, Former US Ambassador to Nigeria, in an interview published in the Guardian