He is also of the view that the conference is likely to generate “war of words” that will only overheat the polity without addressing the problems of the country.

In a press statement yesterday, Sani described the proposed dialogue as a blackmail and a mischievous political chess game meant to hang the fate of the nation on the continuity of the Goodluck Jonathan’s regime.

The CRC President added that the ‘Goodluck Conference’ will deliver nothing but reports that will neither see the light of the day nor that of the night.


“It’s self deception for anyone to believe that this government will embrace and implement critical views of Nigerians from its conference when the same government has found it difficult to tolerate dissenting opinion from within it’s party and consistently behaved belligerent to the demands of Our university teachers and resident Doctors.”

The activist noted that those who will take the pain to write and submit their volumes of memoranda to the conference will find their memoranda in the belly of termites and bugs or with Akara sellers in Lugbe (a suburb of Abuja).

According to him, it is technically impossible to organise a meaningful and orderly conference at a time when the President and members of the National Assembly and at the same time states governors are out on re-election campaigns next year.

“President Goodluck Jonathan’s government is a bourgeoisie government with a philosophical base, rooted in the preservation of the iniquitous socio economic system and the sustenance of the existing capitalist master-servant relationship,” he said.

Mr. man,

The North has been setting herself against the rest of the country.

I pity this dude shehu sani. Mr human right activist if you know that this conference will entrench gej in power why not go to the conference and counter it.

too much english less sense...oluwa is involved in this conference

I don't know how a situation whereby part of Naija comes together is a problem against one section of the country, if u knw it wud set d north against d south, when u come to the conference give us reason so we can resolve it. Is that too much to ask.

North is already against the South.

I am beginning to believe this man based on the "killer conclusion" of Mr President to send the outcome of a convocation by ethnic nationalities to National/States Assemblies for ratification.

The outcome will invariably set the South against the North which may lead to division of the Country or a Military takeover.

as always the fundamentals of the issue have to do with resource sharing?
why else does he think the south and the north would be against each other?

A lot of people come to this forum to say they dont give a hoot about oil, but their actions show that it has become like blood to them,
How can we move from this parasitic relationship to a more symbiotic one....I wonder....

From we are not afraid of talk - north can survive if Nigeria breaks- now, conference will set north against south. This man should tell us what they are afraid of instead of boring us with inconsistence rhetorics everyday. WE MUST HOLD THE CONFERENCE EVEN IF IT LEADS TO THE DEMISE OF ANY UNHOLY UNION.