By Ayodele Oni
The Social Democratic Party (SDP) has observed that the current medical trip by President Mohamadu Buhari to London is an indication that Nigeria’s present situation is precarious.
The National Chairman of the party, Dr Olu Agunloye, while felicitating with Nigerians on Easter celebration noted that “We are at a period when rates of unemployment, inflation and poverty are dangerously high while food security and social security are at the lowest.
“The situation is so bad that President Muhammadu Buhari had to fly to the UK for medical check-up as a testimony to the appalling state of the health sector in the country.
“The grave impending danger is the possible ultimate convergence of widespread internal insecurity crisis, global and local impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic and further degeneration of the economy which may cause irreparable or irreversible damages to the Nigerian Nation.
“The country is currently wobbling through a tempestuous time wherein bandits, herdsmen, Boko Haram and other criminals brazenly confront the President of the Federal Republic and Commander-in-Chief at will.
“They lay deadly blockades across the nation turn the country’s landscape to killing fields, kidnap pupils from schools and lay claims to having shot down Nigerian Air Force jet fighter plane.
“At this point, it is critical for Nigerians to revisit the ideals and ideology of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) for which M.K.O Abiola was associated and imbibe the essence of sacrifice for a rebirth to promote integration, unity, justice, and equity to heal our national fractures and pull Nigeria back from the brink.”
According to Dr Agunloye, the SDP was determined to provide creditable alternative political vehicle to guarantee value for the votes and sweats of the common people in Nigeria.
He pointed out that the time has come to restructure the governance and constitutional systems, the fiscal system and the federal system, to reassure the people of Nigeria and to restore hope so that separationist or secessionist agitations can die down and the nation can commence the urgent process of rebuilding to evolve a new, safer, freer and prosperous Nigeria.
Dr. Agunloye called on President Muhammadu Buhari to lead Nigeria, to be a leader of all Nigerians, irrespective of ethnicity, religion or class, and to address his main constitutional duty which is to provide security for Nigeria and ensure the well-being of citizens.
He assured that the Social Democratic Party, SDP, as a national party with pro-people ideology, would continue to be in the vanguard of the promotion of a strong, democratic and egalitarian Nigerian society at all times.
