CSOs Disown Planned Anti NASENI Protest

Sequel to news of a planned protest by civil society organization against the the Chief Executive of the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI), Prof. Mohammed Haruna, another Civil society group, Centre for Social Justice, Equity and Transparency (CESJET) has dissociated itself from the plan .

CESJET in a press briefing on attempt to abuse CSO platforms for blackmail which held in Abuja today, said they were dissociating themselves from the planned protest since they were yet to determine the veracity of the allegations against the organization, even as they were aware of such protest.

“we want to dissociate ourselves from being part of such misleading impression. It is true that a particular group has circulated letters to civil society organization on the pretext that they are being mobilized to rally against corruption. Since we have never jumped to conclusions on any issues without first independently verifying the genuineness and relevance of what we are being asked to support or kick against.” It said.

According to its Executive Secretary Sunday Attah, the planned protest is a sub-judice and It will therefore not speak well of the centre, or any CSO, to be caught up in such a scenario considering the fact that the allegations raised by the organizers of the protests were fraudulent and were only out to extort the Executive Vice Chairman. A background they craftily hid from CSOs when they sent out the invitation to be part of their protest.

They said it did not want to join issues with the CSO but as a matter of duty see it necessary to caution those that intend to over burden the system as well as make mockery of President Buhari and his change agents as well as the anti-corruption agencies.
This is even as they accused the organizers of the planned protest of trying to cause distractions from the fight against corruption by sending the nation on a wild goose chase which can only backfire on those behind such plots.

Meanwhile it has urged well meaning Nigerians to disregard the antics of this group while also advising other CSOs and NGOs to look beyond the deceptive claim of fighting corruption, but also querry how their so called colleagues are able to mobilize the resources for the logistics of the planned protest as revealed in their letter.

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