PRESS RELEASE:
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) Zone B, condemns
in its entirety the recent Governor and Deputy Governor Pension Bill
2014, hurriedly passed into law by Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly
and its consequent assent by the State Governor (the Chief
Beneficiary), within a short space of 7 days.
NANS hereby call for an immediate amendment of the law, as it clearly
shows an insensitiveness to the plight of the ordinary Akwa Ibomites
and it’s economic well being.
Comr. Pedro Obi; the Public Relations Officer of the organisation,
speaking at University of Benin during a programme marking this year’s
Democracy Day for Nigerian Students, posited that Governor Godswill
Akpabio has betrayed the trust of the ordinary Nigerians in Akwa Ibom
State, whom are the tax payers, to have ever planed such a wicked law
in a State were the cost of education is increasing on a daily basis
and high rate of unemployment rate is equally on the high side.
The action of Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly is a clear case of a
rubber stamp institution, as they have clearly failed in their duties,
which does not tell good of us and further diminishes our hope as a
growing Democratic Nation.
Isn’t it an irony for someone that put in 8 years of service to be
claiming 200 million annually, while another that put in over 30 years
to be claiming peanut. Is Governor Godswill Akpabio telling the World
that some citizen are more superior than others or what?
While we acknowledge the Governor’s transformation in the area of
infrastructural development, we want to state categorically that this
insensitive law should be amended, as there is absolutely no
justification for its passage. It should be noted, that Leadership is
a call to service and for no reason, must it be mistaken for another
Finally, we call on all well meaning Nigerians, Civil Society
Organisation and all men of goodwill to rise and say NO to this
Anti-Peoples’ Law to avoid making it a norm in our Society.
Viva Aluta… Viva Continua…
Sign:
Comr. Pedro C. Obi,
P.R.O. NANS Zone B.
