The Movement for the
Emancipation of the Niger Delta, MEND, has described the immediate past
government of Dr Goodluck Jonathan as “very corrupt and visionless”.
This was as it
threatened to resume hostilities in the nation’s oil rich region as a way of
protesting against the huge salaries and allowances of National Assembly
members.
Recall that it was
widely circulated in the media last week that federal lawmakers have been
billed to receive N9 billion as wardrobe allowance this week.
Apparently not
satisfied with this clarification, MEND in a statement threatened fire and
brimstone through its spokesman, Jomo Gbomo, alleging that “These wicked
individuals appropriate to themselves huge and absurd salaries and allowances
at the expense of the millions of hapless Nigerians, who have not been paid for
months, their salaries, pensions and other benefits they deserve”.
The group further noted
that “The Niger Delta region, where the bulk of revenue that sustains the
nation comes from, continues to suffer neglect, environmental degradation and
lack, made worse by the very corrupt and visionless past government of Goodluck
Jonathan and his cronies, some of who still shamelessly parade themselves on
national television and other media platforms as ‘Niger Delta Activists’.
“Nigerians refuse to
tolerate this ostentatious lifestyle of our lawmakers, whose main objective, it
seems, is to enrich themselves and carelessly spend scarce resources. The Niger
Delta people refuse to pamper and cater for the needs of these thieving
Assembly rogues to their detriment.
“If the lawmakers
refuse to make the necessary adjustments needed to accompany the needs of the
masses and the Niger Delta region, it may lead to the resumption of
hostilities,” Gbomo stated.
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