Failed politicians have hijacked protests —Oyedokun

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Written by Jacob Segun Olatunji, Abuja Wednesday, 11 January 2012
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Former chairman of the Michael Imodu National Institute for Labour Studies, (MINILS), Alhaji Shuaib Oyedokun, on Tuesday, raised the alarm on the looming dangers in the country over the ongoing protests across the states of the federation and Abuja on the removal of the fuel subsidy, declaring that failed politicians had hijacked the supposed peaceful rallies.

Speaking during an interview in Abuja, Alhaji Oyedokun, who was a former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), appealed to the organised labour and the civil society groups to change their tactics and embrace dialogue and further consulta-tions with the Federal Government as advised by the House of Repre-sentatives in the overall interest of the nation.

The House of Representatives had, on Sunday, during its emer-gency plenary session resolved that the Federal Government should suspend the fuel sub-sidy removal policy while the organised labour should also shelve the planned nationwide strike and mass pro-tests to allow for further dialogue and negations.

Alhaji Oyedokun while expressing dismay at the utterances of some characters that had been leading the rallies in some states of the federation said, “it is now clear that the labour rallies have been hijacked by failed and aggrieved politicians who will never see anything good in the admini-stration of President Goodluck Jonathan”.

According to him, “Are the like of Pastor Tunde Bakare, Senator Tokunbo Afikuyomi, Dino Melaye, El-Rufai and a host of others whose faces we are seeing at these rallies, labour leaders or politicians pursing personal interests? The labour leaders should watch it. Aggrieved politicians should not hide under the labour to destabilise the country, if they are in the shoes of President Jonathan, they will even do worse.”

OP, Very true and sad about failed politicians and even boko haram have hijacked protest. This strike is actually illegal.