Nigeria is Drifting, Says NULGE National President

The National President of the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE), Ambali Akeem Olatunji, has said Nigeria is no longer the country of the citizens’ dream. Olatunji made the statement while speaking at the seventh state quadrennial inauguration of the newly elected executives to run the affairs of NULGE in Kogi State on Tuesday, stating that the country is on the brink of collapse. He added that Nigeria is drifting due to bad leadership, pointing out that the last four years under the present administration has shown that the country has no one in charge-it’s drifting with nobody in control. Olatunji lamented that the country is going through the worst level of insecurity, adding that the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) is now vulnerable to insurgents, as he described the current security challenge as a shame. The national president of the union disclosed that the inauguration with the current challenge in the country makes it an occasion to call for Nigerians to review happenings, lamenting that Nigeria has become the headquarters of poverty, insurrection, joblessness and all sought of evil in Africa. The leader of NULGE called on the Minister of Finance and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor to immediately resign from office, lamenting that the exchange rate, which is on the high, is a shame due to the policy of the financial managers, and that they are bereft and have lost out of ideas. Olatunji urged the local government workers to vote only leaders who are in support of Local Government autonomy, commending the Kogi State Government and the state Assembly for the passage of the LG autonomy bill. He stated that only leaders who are ready to fix the local government administration, which he described as the foundation upon which nationhood revolves, should be voted for. The national president described the current challenge of insecurity, joblessness, poverty, insurrection witnessed in the country as unfortunate, noting that it cannot be situated with the poor management in local government administration because local government are no longer in existence.