By Okechukwu Onuegbu
Awka

The member representing Awka South 1 constituency in Anambra State House of Assembly, Comrade Nigeria Henry Mbachu, Friday, said the reasons behind the move by all the Labour Party (LP) caucus in the house to donate their six months to masses amidst the economic hardships in the country was not politically motivated.

Mbachu was among the 8 caucus members of the LP that in an address by their spokesman, Hon. Jude Ifeanyi Umennajiego said on Thursday that their salaries would be donated to the masses. Others members of the caucus were Hon. Nkechi Ogbuefi, Comrade Nigeria Henry Mbachu, Hon. Jude Umennajiego, Hon. Fred Ezenwa, Hon. Kingsley Udemezue, Hon. Justice Azuka, Hon. Paul Obu and Hon. Patrick Okafor.

According to Mbachu, it was rather caused by the fact that their party ideology centres on welfare of the masses and the believe that there is no need of blowing grammar and making bogus policies and data when the masses are dying of hunger and insecurity.

“Every reasonable and responsible government must first secure lives before talking about infrastructure because someone must be alive and secured before any other thing else.

“Our party’s ideology is for the welfare of the masses. Regrettably, that sole ideology has been tampered with. There’s hunger in the land. When people call us, they make several demands which are genuine.

“Yet, we’re here blowing grammar and making bogus policies and data when the masses are dying of hunger; insecurity everywhere. That’s what we want government to focus on.

“This is not politics, we’re since done with elections. Besides, hunger doesn’t know which party you belong to. Everyone is affected. I’m sure other colleagues are also planning on what to do.

“We want government to focus on food and insecurity within the next six months and we continue other sectors. We’re committing our six months salaries to food and medicare.”

On the modalities the salaries would be disbursed, Mbachu said the decision would be taken in due course.

There is a serious challenge of jobless and redundant old men who made a living through politics and have therefore no focus in life than to become political commentators for a living.

Everyone suddenly feels qualified to advise and criticize the President, because they are jobless and useless to themselves and the larger society.

Political office is a service to the masses and not a real job, people in political offices seem not to understand that there is life after political office.