Balarabe, Mimiko, Aborisade, celebrate Gani Fawehinmi, task govenment on economy

Governor Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo State

Nigerians paid tribute to the late legal icon and founder of the National Conscience Party (NCP), Gani Fawehinmi at the colloquium held in Akure yesterday. They, however, condemned the Federal Government over economic policies they said have impoverished Nigerians.
Former governor of Kaduna State and National Chairman of Conference of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP), Mallam Balarabe Musa narrated the efforts of the late NCP founder and the sacrifices he made to sustain democracy, which led to his frequent brush with the law.

Musa, who described the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari as anti-people, stated that government policies, instead of ameliorating the sufferings of the people, have further inflicted more pains on the masses.
Legal luminary, Dr. Femi Aborisade, who was the lead speaker at the event, who spoke on the twin theme titled: “Abolition of Poverty Is a Struggle the Masses Wage and an Agenda NCP Must Actualize,” maintained that the present economic situation has devalued the lives of the common man, adding that the hopelessness in the land was a result of self-inflicted greed of the politicians.

Aborisade called for the enactment of a law to spell out how all recovered loot will be spent saying. “We are not interested in only recovering the stolen loot but it must have effect on the lives of masses in terms of economy, education, power and others.”
He charged President Buhari to make the fight against corruption to be holistic and must not be discriminatory in his approach, insisting, “The fight against corruption must begin from the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).”

Ondo State Governor Olusegun Mimiko disclosed that the Gani Fawehinmi Diagnostic Centre, Ondo, was established to honour the human right fighter whose contribution towards the sustenance of democracy is legendary.
He restated his belief in the need for restructuring the federation for economic prosperity and people-centred development for all the federating units and component parts of the nation.
The governor attributed the security challenges in the country to the poor Federal system, saying, “How can a unified police structure guarantee security in this nation? We must decentralize the police force so that the local and state can have their police,” he said, claiming it is the best global practice.

Mimiko revealed that he supported the removal of fuel subsidy because the nation does not have the capacity and integrity to operate it, adding that he country needs to embrace a new narrative that must counter neo-liberalism.