Perish your thought – Aremu tells canvassers of Interim Govt
By LEKAN AGBOOLA, Ilorin –
The Director General Michael Imodu National Institute for labour Studies (MINILS) Ilorin Centre, Comrade Issa Aremu has called on those canvassing for an interim government to perish the thought as it is illegal, undemocratic and unacceptable.
Comrade Aremu made the call while speaking with newsmen in Ilorin on the sideline of the Ramadan iftar lecture in Ilorin.
It would be recalled that the Department of State Services (DSS) reportedly uncovered plans by some unnamed key players canvassing for an interim government.
He said “I don’t think any serious Nigerians voters want to return to an idea that is already discredited, outdated and it is out of fashion. It has been declared illegal, it’s also alien to this current constitution and is an aberration to the entire democratic process.
Those who are canvassing this idea should perish the thought, they should organise and not to agonise and the way to organise if you are aggrieved is to seek redress with the tribunal and if you are happy with the outcome we should all work towards May 29, 2023 inauguration.
“Even after May 29, we should work towards good governance because elections is just the means. The end is good governance. It is not over until we combine political democracy with economic democracy and economic democracy can only come when we uplift our people out of poverty, millions are still living in poverty which mean vote has not translated to prosperity for majority of our people. This is undemocratic and it’s unacceptable.
“let me use this forum to commend the Department of State Security Services DSS for being vigilant to unconver and make it public. All of us should rise and defend this democratic processes. That is forward ever backward never” he added.
He also commended the turn out of voters in the 2023 general elections despite all the changes
“Let me use this opportunity to commend millions of registered voters who came out to exercise their democratic right during the February 25 Presidential election as well as the Merch 18 gubernatorial elections.
“It is now clear that Nigerians are now committed to democratic process in spite of the economic challenges in the country, they still came out in large number regardless of the challenges and I would like to appreciate the INEC that made the effort to make sure that the vote took place and the vote counted”.
“We should all work toward the inauguration. For those who are aggrieved, we have processes for seeking redress and I want to commend all the key actors who have taken advantage of the election tribunal petition that is the way to go in democracy. We are counting on the judiciary to do justice to all the cases”.
“I want to commend the political party they put up a good fight.
“The President-elect, Bola Tinubu has already extend the hand of fellowship for all to come on board.
“We should key into the renew hope vision of the President-elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the same thing should be applicable at the state levels. All of us are winners, no looser”, he said.