President Goodluck Jonathan’s inauguration of an Advisory Committee on the proposed National Dialogue has been dismissed by the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND).
The movement described the National Conference as “another deceit, a distraction, waste of public funds and time” which has “absolutely nothing else to offer.”
MEND released a statement Monday calling on members of the National Assembly to rise up to their responsibilities and justify their huge salaries and fringe benefits.
“Reversing the injustice meted out especially from the General Yakubu Gowon and Olusegun Obasanjo military regimes on the people of the Niger Delta, is one of such responsibilities,” said the statement in part.
According to the movement, Nigeria’s return to democratic governance and the unjust distortion of the Nigerian Constitution by military dictators has been widely acknowledged.
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