The Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) has described Nigeria as a victim of successive crude, unpatriotic, incompetent, and myopic leadership since flag independence in 1960, saying that the country was a crawling giant and in a dire mess at the moment and, therefore, nothing really to celebrate at 64.
CUPP’s national Spokesperson, Comrade Mark Adebayo, said this in a release made available to newsmen on the occasion of the celebration of the country’s 64th Independence Anniversary, noting sadly that each administration in the country was worse than the last one against the huge expectations of the citizens at independence.
“It is difficult to congratulate Nigerians on this occasion of the 64th independence anniversary of the country because there is really nothing to celebrate. Independence is not an end in itself but was supposed to be a means to an end that translates into development, security, peace, and unity.
“But on all these indices, Nigeria is a crawling giant due, fundamentally, to the unfortunate succession of crude, heavily corrupt, unpatriotic, incompetent, and myopic leadership that has bedeviled this country since flag independence.
“Each administration is worse than the last one. In 1960 at independence, Nigeria held a huge promise as the giant of Africa and the light of all blacks globally with enormous potential to be among the most developed in the comity of nations.
“But, alas, the foster elites that took over from the colonialists, plus the military and civilian politicians that followed them made looting of the country’s resources a fundamental policy of government,” CUPP said.
The coalition, while further lamenting the situation in the country, observed that the ruling class like the army of occupation had pushed aside critical infrastructures of state like education, energy, security, health, and motorable roads, among others to satisfy their greed, making the citizens “the worst victims of their onslaughts.”
According to CUPP, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will go down in history as one of the worst ever in the annals of the country’s history, saying that from day one, his government had started inflicting pain, suffering, and hunger on Nigerians without letting or hindrance.
CUPP said the president had continued to promise a harder life for Nigerians for as long as his administration lasts, noting food, education, health, and security was far beyond the reach of 90 per cent of the Nigerian population, with inflation rate at an all-time high, while Naira, the country’s currency had crashed against global and African currencies.
“Critical infrastructures of state like education, energy, security, health, motorable roads, etc, have been pushed from the table to give way to the avariciously insatiable appetite of the ruling cliques.
“They act like an army of occupation unleashing socioeconomic mayhem on the country relentlessly. They have declared a war of attrition on the country whilst the citizens are the worst victims of their onslaughts.
“The current administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will go down in history as one of the worst ever in the annals of Nigeria’s history. From day one, his government has started inflicting pain, suffering, and hunger on Nigerians without let or hindrance.
“He has continued to promise a harder and harder life for Nigerians for as long as his administration lasts. Food, education, health, and security are far beyond the reach of 90% of the Nigerian population.
“Inflation is at an all-time high while our Naira has crashed against global and African currencies. Even the currency of the Republic of Bénin is much stronger than the Naira. This is how badly this government has ruined Nigeria’s economy,” the coalition said.
“We commiserate with Nigerians on this 64th Independence Anniversary of failure, hunger, insecurity, pains and suffering. We urge Nigerians to support the opposition to rescue the country from the retrogressive APC in 2027 and give Nigerians a breathing space from the current dire mess that Nigeria is in,” it added.
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