64th Independence: We commiserate with Nigerians, there’s nothing to celebrate – CUPP

The Coalition of United Opposition Political Parties (CUPP) has described Nigeria as a victim of successive crude, unpatriotic, incompetent and myopic leadership since independence in 1960.

In a statement issued by CUPP’s national spokesperson, Comrade Mark Adebayo, on the occasion of the celebration of the country’s 64th independence anniversary, the opposition political Parties stated that Nigeria is in a dire mess at the moment.

“It is difficult to congratulate Nigerians on this occasion of the 64th independence anniversary of the country because there is really nothing to celebrate. Independence is not an end in itself but was supposed to be a means to an end that translates into development, security, peace, and unity. But on all these indices, Nigeria is a crawling giant due, fundamentally, to the unfortunate succession of crude, heavily corrupt, unpatriotic, incompetent, and myopic leadership that has bedeviled this country since flag independence.

“Each administration is worse than the last one. In 1960 at independence, Nigeria held a huge promise as the giant of Africa and the light of all blacks globally with enormous potentials to be among the most developed in the comity of nations. But, alas, the foster elites that took over from the colonialists, plus the military and civilian politicians that followed them made looting of the country’s resources a fundamental policy of government.

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“Critical infrastructures of state like education, energy, security, health, motorable roads, etc, have been pushed from the table to give way to the avariciously insatiable appetite of the ruling cliques. They act like an army of occupation unleashing socioeconomic mayhem on the country relentlessly. They have declared a war of attrition on the country whilst the citizens are the worst victims of their onslaughts.

“The current administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will go down in history as one of the worst ever in the annals of Nigeria’s history. From day one, his government has started inflicting pains, suffering and hunger on Nigerians without let or hindrance. He has continued to promise harder and harder life for Nigerians for as long as his administration lasts. Food, education, health and security are far beyond the reach of 90% of the Nigerian population. Inflation is at all-time high while our Naira has crashed against global and African currencies. Even the currency of the Republic of Bénin is much stronger than the Naira. This is how badly this government has ruined Nigeria’s economy.

“We commiserate with Nigerians on this 64th independence anniversary of failure, hunger, insecurity, pains and suffering. We urge Nigerians to support the opposition to rescue the country from the retrogressive APC in 2027 and give Nigerians a breathing space from the current dire mess that Nigeria is in.”