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NICON-NOGA HILTON HOTEL APAPA 5871121 4971508 V.l. 616101. 614101 ABUJA. 09-5235163 ★ Branches nationwide Sollatek PROTECTS and is sold in over 80 countries worldwide* Outline Nemmim JUNE 26, 1995 NIGERIA’S WEEKLY NEWSMAGAZINE VOL. 21 NO. 26 SPECIAL EDITION Prologue 16 The June 12 Panic 18 Politics: The Albatross 20 Judiciary: Standing Along on Crutches CM CO CO to CO O CO Health: Tongues of Politics Business: And they Groan Pro-democracy movement: Banners, Battered Banners Family: Where is Daddy? Nigeria: to More Questions than Answers A Cosmetic Vessel Business + Economy A Year to Forget Sports CO Poor Outings Classy but Gutsy Champions f 6 Letters 8 Editorial Suite ► > Newswatch (ISSN 0189-8892) is published weekly by Newswatch Communications Limited, No. 3 Billings Way (off Secretariat Road), Oregun Industrial Estate, Oregun, P.M.B. 21499, Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria. Telephone: 4960950. Fax: 962887. Telex: 27874 NEWCOM NG. All rights reserved. Reproduction in any form, in whole or in pari without permission, is foibidden. Printed in Nigeria by Academy Press Pic, Ilupeju. LETTERS ■ The Big Question Mark by NADECO at the initial stage, soon yet peace has eluded Liberia. melted into a mere appeal for it, resulting Joe Igbokwe, The composition of NADECO (cover, in the tragic detention of its prominent Lagos. May 15) puts a big question mark to its members. credibility. Apart from two or three Of course, I quite agree with Baba Surely, the rigour, pain and members, the rest are drawn from a Ajasin, in his concern to avert further perseverance that South Africans population of past leaders. Records bloodbath, should street demonstrations underwent to attain democratic rule is not * available show that our successive remain enforced by the people. But then, fpr the majority of Nigerians. governments in which these people served much asnoneof us is prepared to wastehis John A. hvori, in one time or the other, have left much to blood foolishly, such noble sacrifice Port Harcourt. be desired. Therefore, NADECO should however cannot be ruled out in the pursuit as a matter of exigency re-appraise its of a worthy course, especially such that There's no writing off the National objective, tell its members to return to the has to do with the life of a people. Democratic Coalition. In the one yea r of its state all the wealth they acquired Emmanuel Egwu, existence, its impact has been very much illegitimately while in office. Akinyemi Lagos. felt at home and abroad in spite of the said in his letter that the calibre of repression, intimidation and incarceration Akinrinades ( a former Chief of Defence of its members by the government. Staff), Oyeguns ( a former Federal Clmx Azuonwu, Permanent Secretary and a former civilian Abuja. governor), Akinyemis ( former Federal Minister of External Affairs), Falae ( former It is gladdening to read about your Secretary to government) etc., NADECO professional decision not to allow cannot be accused of irresponsibility. But Newswatch magazine to be used by anyone suffice it to remind Akinyemi that those as a propaganda rag sheet. I identify wholly names could only mean something to with your insistence over time on this Nigerians if they were credited with highly principled and professional nay records of excellence, in terms of ethical posture. Yet I am stirred to state governance. What matters is what they unequivocally that one of the good things achieved while they held those offices and that happened to this beleaguered nation not the offices themselves. of ours in recent time is the birth of National Confucius, the late Chinese Sage, said Democratic Coalition. The coalition may that when leaders have lost their way, the suffer certain limitations in areas of finance, citizens become rootless. Our leaders, past operation and acceptability to a broad and present have lost their way. Hence, we section of the country, yet the fact remains need a new crop of leaders, from the ward that members of the coalition are not crying level to the national level, who are wolf where there is none, neither is their determined to change the status quo, and patriotism comparable to that of their to re-orientate the populace with the basic NADECOisa great institution thrown country men and women whose pa triotism tenets of modern leadership. This task is up by history to fight for social justice and is expressed through their allegiance to too-herculean for NADECO, most of its equity thathaveeluded Nigeria since 1957. the king-maker for the favour they curry members being part and parcel of the NADECO is not happy because Nigeria's from him. augean stable we aggressively want to public sector spent $115 billion between Tai Sanni, clean. 1973 and 1990on projects and programmes Onipaanu, Lagos. Ukonu Kalu Agbai, that could have been executed for $35 Aba, Abia State. billion. NADECO is in a stateof desperation Inasmuch as the masses look forward to bring sanity to Nigeria because between to a democratic rule, they are cynical and This calibre of people that signalled 1973 and 1995 Nigeria earned seven times wary of these "fire-breathing" proponents their interest in the democratic group at the total amount of money (12 billion of democracy with military backgrounds the initial stage, infused hope and dollars) that went into the US Marshall or who have had deep romances with the encouragement in Nigerians. We had Plan for the reconstruction of Europe (16 military. These former political military thought that NADECO had envolved a countries from Iceland to Turkey) after the personnel, military apologists or military consolidated strategy and a reliable Second World War and yet 23 years after supporters have taken their present stance platform on which to fall back upon, and all that money Nigeria is still yearning for perhaps, just because they have fallen out still remain persuasively relevant in the reconstruction. NADECO wants of the power play at the moment. They will pursuit, should the worst come from the democracy and rule of law in Nigeria be ready to jump ship at any slightest junta in reaction. But there was no such because between 1989 and 1995 Nigeria favourable disposition to their private arrangement in place. Instead, what could spent N320 billion (4 billion US dollars) in interests by the government; evidence: the pass for abrasive demand for democracy a senseless peace mission in Liberia, and Jakandes, theOnagoruwas, theBabatopes. Typed reactions to the contents of Newswatch, should be addressed to Newswatch Letters, 3 Billings Way (Off Secretariat Road), Oregun Industrial Estate, P.M.B. 21499, Ikeja, Nigeria. All letters must bear the correct names, addresses and signatures of the writers. Newswatch reserves the right to edit letters for clarity and brevity. 6 Newswatch, June 26,1995 ■LETTERS The masses don't have faith in them. the country. The real monster however, is government is trying to discredit the They should not distract the Abacha that the military is not a national armed labour leaders in order to impose its hand­ government from initiating a transition forces.
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