WHY WE MUST OCCUPY

From where I sit and write, I can see words such as "corruption must stop" and "africa must unite" written on the walls while I watch from a privileged distance Femi Anikulakpo Kuti rehearse with his band. The melodious tunes of afro beat created by the late Fela Anikulakpo Kuti swells up in me great feelings of awareness.

I am painfully aware of the sacrifice we go through just to survive in this country. A hundred pages would never be enough to write the names of people who have died for this country, should we start with those who died due to bomb blasts and ethnic/religious crises or the martyr who died in Ilorin barely 72 hours ago.

I do not say you should occupy by targeting the government of President Goodluck Jonathan for he is not to blame for our woes. I ask you to occupy for the following reasons;

#occupy in protest of government and private sector corruption.

#occupy in protest of extra judicial killings and police inefficiency.

#occupy in protest of government waste.

#occupy in protest of the lack of transparency and accountability in the system.

#occupy in protest of our comatose health care system.

#occupy for all the reasons why the Nigerian man and woman finds it very difficult to succeed in business due to crippling over head costs.

#occupy in protest of our educational institutions where we are given certificates and not education.

#occupy in protest of our sickly Power sector.

#occupy in protest of our inability to enjoy benefits of democracy.

#occupy in protest for your life, your father's life,your mother's life,your sister's life, your brother's life, your child's life and the life of your unborn generations.

#occupy to end the reign of political and economic opportunists.

Government must not longer be business as usual. Demand that government be OF THE PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE AND BY THE PEOPLE.

Anybody born of a woman that says he/she would ruin Nigeria because of their greed would be cast away.
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