Unic Press UK: A presidential candidate in the 2015 elections in Nigeria, Chief Martin Onovo issued a press release on the position of the National Conscience Party (NCP) on a series of issues, including the recent mass protests against the Nigerian government and President Muhammadu Buhari’s trip to the United Kingdom for medicals and treatment.
Press Release On The Nationwide Protests And The Medical Treatment For President Buhari In The UK, by Martin Onovo, reads:
Nationwide Mass Protests
“Nigerians have a constitutional right to protest peacefully against bad governance if they wish. Many ethical intellectuals and political leaders have earlier concluded that this is the worst government since independence. His Excellency Alhaji Balarabe Musa, the former Executive Governor of old Kaduna State called for protests against the Federal Government since September 2016. We in the National Conscience Party [NCP] have been protesting and protested again in October, 2016, against the false propaganda, mass deceit, inaction, improper actions and unpatriotic policies of this government.
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“The unpatriotic policies, actions and inactions of the government have resulted to serious insecurity, with Boko Haram overrunning a military base in Sasawa Town in Yobe State and destroying the town this February, 2017. Herdsmen have continued with their terrorism and violent crimes have increased. 1.56 million Nigerians lost their jobs in just one quarter (second quarter 2016) which translates to about 6 million jobs lost in one year at that rate. Power supply has declined from 4,500 MW in 2015 to about 2,300 MW this February. National unity forged over the last fifty-six years has been subverted by the nepotism, marginalization and the political exclusion agenda of the government. The Nigerian Constitution has been thrown to the dogs and court orders are routinely violated in the prevailing lawlessness by the government.
“The Naira currently exchanges at about N500/$ in the parallel market and official inflation has hit 18.55% while the government remains very wasteful. With over N3 billion budgeted for the exclusive Aso rock clinic in the 2016 budget, eleven presidential jets, N1 billion for feeding for one year in the presidency, N3.1 billion for the senseless ‘Change begins with me’ campaign and the £6 million (N3.6 billion) treatment of an ear infection, we can see the unpatriotic profligacy of this prodigal presidency.
“The political implications are that Nigerians have realized the deceitful propaganda of the government and have rejected the government, its unpatriotic policies, wastefulness and deceit. That is why Nigerians protested and are still planning more protests.
Vacation And Medical Treatment For General Buhari In The UK
“We must pray for General Buhari. As is typical of this government, almost everything they propose is unpatriotic. To go on vacation to England is unpatriotic. To conceal his health issue is suspicious. To seek medical care in England is wasteful and very hypocritical when we consider the pledge to curtail medical tourism. Leadership is by example and not by hypocritical precepts. It was reported in a national newspaper that the treatment of the simple ear infection in England cost Nigeria six million pounds sterling (£6M). That amount can build a world class ‘Ear, Nose and Throat’ (ENT) specialist hospital in Nigeria but, it was wasted for the treatment of a simple ear infection. This is after over N3B was budgeted for the existing Aso rock clinic in the 2016 budget!”
Chief Martin Onovo, a public figure and eminent consulting engineer. He was the 2015 Presidential Candidate of the National Conscience Party (NCP)
