Buhari administration worst in Nigeria’s history –CLO

Nigeria’s foremost human rights and pro-democracy organisation, the Civil Liberties Organisation (CLO) has come hard on the President Muhammadu Buhari led administration describing it as the worst in Nigeria’s democratic history.

The Southeast Zone of the CLO passed its damning verdict yesterday in a statement released as part of activities marking the 2022 World Human Rights Day.

Chairman of the CLO, Southeast Zone, Comrade Aloysius Attah who signed the statement noted that the after a careful study of the state of the nation presently and a review of administrations in the past since Nigeria’s independence from colonial rule in 1960 , most especially in this civilian dispensation which started on May 29th 1999, the Buhari administration  emerged the worst in terms of fulfilling the primary purpose of government which is promoting the welfare and security of its citizens as enshrined in Chapter 2 section 14(2)(b) of the 1999 Constitution of the  Federal Republic of Nigeria as amended.

CLO said the Buhari administration at the verge of completing its 2nd tenure of four years in office failed in all indices of development and governance to the extent that the Hobbesian state of nature where life is short, brutish and nasty has become a subtle way to describe the horrible state of affairs and the living condition of the masses in Nigeria presently.

While noting that every indices of development and measuring of good governance under global rankings plummeted and reached its nadir under the Buhari administration, the CLO said the enormous rot in the system presently will require both a conscience and conscious revolution to retrieve the country from the abyss of all things negative.

“In Nigeria under this present administration, the only thing that has improved significantly in the last seven and half years is the health of President Buhari at the expense of the entire Nigerians. Every other thing one can think of has gone worse.  Economy is in tatters, corruption has become our second name, education sector is bleeding, infrastructure and security - choking and worsening while the country is soaked in the blood of its defenceless citizens”

The CLO described 2023 general election as a very significant and defining moment for Nigeria whether to redeem and rescue its battered democracy and arrested growth or lose it forever.

“It is a “battle” between light and darkness. A battle  between going forward or receding and reclining into a final doom. Those who have prospered under the old order and benefitted from an abnormally bad situation wants the business to continue as usual while those who are totally fed up with the system and are desirous of rescuing a dying nation with its suffering masses are gearing up for a revival”

The CLO called on all reasonable Nigerians to take up the ballot revolution of 2023 election seriously and ensure that those who placed the country on life support are uprooted from the system and replaced with people of ideas and pedigree passionate about a new Nigeria.

The organisation also knocked Governors of the five southeast states for what it described as their “failure to provide leadership to the people” and their inability to foster proper cooperation among states towards addressing insecurity and activities of the marauding killer herdsmen.

The CLO decried what it described as “governance by patronage ” which it said has been elevated to a tradition in  the five states of the southeast and also called on the citizens to use the ballot and speak louder against any underperforming political office holder whether  as an executive or a legislator.

Recall that every year on 10 December; the world celebrates Human Rights Day, the very day when, in 1948, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)

The theme for this year according to the United Nations (UN) is “Dignity, Freedom, and Justice for All” and the call to action is #StandUp4HumanRights.

“In Nigeria, we enjoin all to join in the struggle for the respect for the Dignity of Human Person, Freedom from any form of oppression and infringement on the citizen’s fundamental human rights while we all are also encouraged to stand up to achieve Justice for all”.

“The Nigerian state is supposed to set the pace in ensuring the promotion of the above three key themes of this year’s Human Rights Day.

Unfortunately, instruments of government are used to suppress human dignity, freedom and justice for all but we must not relent”.

“Please watch out for our comprehensive report on the state of the nation, state of the states and general issues of governance and human rights in Nigeria for the year 2022 with special focus on the 2023 general elections and the way forward”. The CLO stated.

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You mean you kill yourselves and somehow government is to blame?

Find out the number of killings that go on in US daily and I'm not even talking about the random mass shootings. I mean gang-related killings.

Abi their government is senseless?

In UK, kids are knifing themselves to death daily.

Once you are bent on killing people, there is little anyone can do.

It behoves on families to train their wards well, otherwise, in this world we live in, in which people can communicate with each other stealthily, especially in rural communities, killing can be facilitated easy-peasy.

I was reading with more seriousness until i discover , the statement is coming from the coordinator SOUTH EAST . If you know you know

Chai see the foolish comment from a dumb urchin before my post. I guess the people in the other regions in the country are enjoying full security and buying foodstuffs and petrol at less price without kidnappers parading their regions

Some people just always choose to be stupid. Like do these people really walk among us on the streets carrying this stupid mentality in their head? These days I can't even engage people in real life for fear of them being one of the urchins I see on nairaland everyday

Proudly Yoruba and proudly Obidient

Buhari did better in infrastructure more than Jonathan in infrastructure.

Buhari also fared better than Jonathan in terrorism.

On the other hand, Jonathan did better than Buhari in managing the economy.

In corruption, Buhari and Jonathan are the same.

Never again,. Never again

Roboto11:
You mean you kill yourselves and somehow government is to blame?

Find out the number of killings that go on in US daily and I'm not even talking about the random mass shootings. I mean gang-related killings.

Abi their government is senseless?

In UK, kids are knifing themselves to death daily.

Once you are bent on killing people, there is little anyone can do.

It behoves on families to train their wards well, otherwise, in this world we live in, in which people can communicate with each other stealthily, especially in rural communities, killing can be facilitated easy-peasy.

True , I always tell people that Buhari is only a small percentage of our problems, we as Nigerians also contributes in our own downfall. For example if 1billion is budgeted for a project, the government officials will remove their share(federal, state, local), and the contractors will also remove their share. Even community chairman will also like to get his cut. And mind u these government officials are also Nigerians. Even private organizations are not left out.