PRESS STATEMENT -12/09/2020
Stop the Looting! Stop Making People Suffer! Reverse Fuel Price!
Cut Politicians Benefits and Stealing to Fund Social Services Now!!
Sixty years after independence, life has continued to be terrible for the poor masses. But a few rich vagabonds in power and their family and friends continue to get richer. And now they just want to finish us with fuel price, electricity tariff, VAT, and all kind of taxes. This situation must be stopped!
Nigerian lawmakers are the richest anywhere in the world. 109 senators receive N47bn and 360 members of the house of representatives on their own part receive N108bn every year as their monthly emoluments! The presidency collects N241.8 billion annually as security vote. Governors, local government chairmen and many other executives also collect security votes.
On top of all these, they still enrich themselves through corruption. According to EFCC, HEDA & Oxfam, these ogas at the top have stolen N267 trillion since 1960! In the last ten years alone, they have stolen N89trillion!
But to even pay the chicken change of N30,000 for workers na wahala. Tens of thousands of workers have been sacked by many companies. Informal workplaces and houses are being destroyed. How do they want us to pay more for fuel, electricity etc? They want to kill us with sufferhead - we must fight back to defend our lives and the lives of our children born and yet unborn.
How can we change the situation? How can we stop this nonsense of monkey dey work, baboon dey chop? We must rise up and fight to win true independence of the masses and make sure our wealth is used by us to fulfil our own needs and not the greed of a few people.
That is why Coalition for Revolution (CORE) is calling you to join us for a national day of action on October 1.
Our demands are:
• Immediate reversal of fuel pump price, electricity tariff and all other anti-poor people policies
• No elected or senior appointed public officer must earn more than the average worker
• No more "pensions" for governors, lawmakers, and other elected public officials
• Cancellation of security votes by the presidency, governors, LGA chairmen etc
• Guaranteed decent work and income with unemployment benefit for those looking for jobs
• Provision of cash grants and for poor traders, artisans, and other informal workers
• Provision of decent housing and potable water for everybody – stop all demolitions
• Free and qualitative public education and healthcare for all
We must unite & fight this battle for freedom. Join our Zoom meetings at 2:00pm on 13th & 27th September for discussions on the October 1 national and global day of action. For more details, visit our Facebook page: Coalition for Revolution – CORE & twitter handle @CORE_RevolutionNow
The people united & determined cannot be defeated!
Baba Aye
Co-convener
Gbenga Komolafe
Co-convener
Author: Era of Crises & Revolts: Perspectives for Workers & Youth
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