Nigerians have been assured that their optimism on the
emergence of a better Nigeria is not in any way misplaced. This was contained
in a Christmas message from the Association of Online Media Practitioners of
Nigeria, AMPON.
In the statement, signed on behalf of its Chairman, Wole
Arisekola by the Acting Secretary, Olugbenga Bada, the Association urged the
Federal Government to reflect on the Christmas season and provide Nigerians
with the kind of selfless leadership that Christ exemplified. “What Nigerians
need from the government at all levels is selfless leadership as exemplified by
Jesus Christ, who loved his friends so much that he gave his life for them”.
The statement also read in part; “our leaders should use the
end of the year as a period of introspection. The same court orders that could
not be obeyed for reasons known to the Major General Buhari administration were
eventually obeyed after the United States waded in. Sadly, barely days before then,
Major General Buhari’s handlers had given reasons for not obeying the order and
had gone as far as reminding the United States Government that it has not been
officially appointed ‘policeman of the world’. While it is shameful that the
government refused to yield to the cries of Nigerians to obey the judiciary,
which is the last hope of the common man, it is even more painful that it took
only a letter from the United States to change the situation and secure the
release of Col. Sambo Dasuki after four years in detention”.
The statement went further that “if we don’t give up and we
collectively demand for our rights, Nigeria will eventually become a better
place and not only will we have the ears of our leaders, we will eventually
have a government we can truly be proud of”.
Lending its voice to the debate on the ‘Social Media Bill’, the
Association described it as a ploy to gag the media. “Let it be known that
AMPON will join Nigerians to resist every move to gag the media and subtly
remove the freedom of the press. Nigerians have the right to express themselves
and no government will be allowed to take that away from them”.
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