Begin Process Of National Healing And Reconciliation, MOSOP Urges Buhari

PMBThe Movement for the Survival of Ogoni People, MOSOP, has charged President Muhammadu Buhari to begin the process of national healing and reconciliation.
MOSOP gave this charge in a letter addressed to the president on Thursday, lamenting that the issue of national reconciliation had not taken off after his second stint as leader of the country.
In the letter titled ‘Before Ogoni is Forgotten Again’, the movement noted that Nigeria was currently divided along regional and ethnic lines, noting that only the process of a national reconciliation could remove such division.
The letter signed by the MOSOP President, Mr. Legborsi Pyagbara, and seven others, maintained that such step would heal the wounds and bitterness created by election campaigns and gross violation of human and environmental rights of abused and dispossessed communities.
MOSOP added, “The country is still deeply divided along regional and ethnic lines exacerbated by the ongoing crisis in the National Assembly and the issue of insecurity appears to be worsening by the day.
“It is on this note that we urge the President to immediately embark on a process of national healing and reconciliation, particularly to heal the wounds and bitterness occasioned by bitter electioneering campaigns, long years of neglect of some vulnerable groups and successive failure of past governments to provide adequate remedy for gross violations of the human and environmental rights of abused and dispossessed communities.
“The initiation of this process of national healing and reconciliation at this point in our history is very necessary before you will be bogged down by the politics of governance and this golden opportunity will be sorely lost again.
“MOSOP is deeply concerned that the process of national healing and reconciliation, which we had believed would herald your second coming, is still being delayed and had not taken off effectively”.
It, however, congratulated President Buhari on his victory at the poll, adding that his success after three failed attempts, underscored his spirit of tenacity, resilience, doggedness and truth.
MOSOP furthermore appealed to him to save the people of Ogoni and the Niger Delta region in general from political marginalisation, economic strangulation and environmental degradation.

3 COMMENTS

  1. He has started that with the move to collect back the money stolen by the people entrusted with our common wealth to make life meaningful for all and sundry. Tell your people to stop celebrating criminals thieves who stole their rights with titles and undeserved honour. Let those who stole govt funds to create empires for themselves return what they have stolen to be reinvested appropriately into the life of all and sundry. That will be the beginning of real reconciliation. The battle is between the big thieves in vintage position versus the vast majority who have been short changed by the liers and looters. Once these gangs return their loot which they can never truly enjoy and they and their likes stop further looting, there will be real reconciliation. The problem can be solved by the people and not Mr President.

  2. He has started that with the move to collect back the money stolen by the people entrusted with our common wealth to make life meaningful for all and sundry. Tell your people to stop celebrating criminals thieves who stole their rights with titles and undeserved honour. Let those who stole govt funds to create empires for themselves to the detriment of the people return what they have stolen to be reinvested appropriately into the life of all and sundry. That will be the beginning of real reconciliation. The battle is between the big thieves in vintage position versus the vast majority who have been short changed by the liers and looters. Once these gangs return their loot which they can never truly enjoy and they and their likes stop further looting, there will be real reconciliation. The problem can be solved by the people and not Mr President. Stop idolising thieves. The society created them through our wrong value system. Let the change start from the self, then our family and community. It is possible. We can do it.

  3. You did not mention the clean up of Ogoni land which he has kick started. Let us appreciate him for that before asking for more at the national level. After all the spills have been there all through the Jonathan years and nothing happened. May the Lord strengthen this president to change Nigeria in Jesus’ name Amen.