TAG '23 PRESS STATEMENT ON NIGERIA AT 62 INDEPENDENCE CELEBRATION

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As we keep hoisting the flag high of Independence as a nation, the TAG '23 group advises the need to break Nigeria out of the stranglehold of imperialist governments. This was made through an extensive press statement signed by the National Coordinator of the group, Com. Davis Olasuyi.

The press statement reads, "TAG '23 believes that good governance means being with the people, knowing their pains, and solving their problems. That is how to govern the people and that is why we stand on Tinubu's mandate for the delivery of good governance to the people. The experience of the ordinary people since May 29,1999 when politicians took the reign of power from the military has shown that nothing fundamental has changed. 

The government has continued to be in the interest of politicians as opposed to being for the people. We fought against military dictatorship not because we hated military uniforms but because they strove to enjoy political freedom and economic comfort. Unfortunately, they have not enjoyed it either. The inability of the conventional politicians in power to satisfy the economic interest of our people has unjustly driven the government to unleash political repression on the masses. 

The people are justifiably shocked at the utter contradiction of abundance and poverty. It is not only poverty that torments Nigerian; it is the fact of poverty amid plenty and natural bounty. This in itself is a source of internal sadness to many. However, to change from governance for a few to governance for the people, it is imperative to understand the nature of the root cause of Nigeria's economic crisis. From the colonial era till today, governance or development strategy in Nigeria has never been peoples centered. The colonialists administered the economy and society in the interest of owners of private multinational companies and their home countries. At independence, they made sure that those who took over from them were people who would continue the same development strategy. 

That is why the 1960 political independence of Nigeria has often been tagged 'flag independence', to reflect the idea of change without change, revolution without revolution. In light of this, imperialist-inspired solutions must be rejected. IMF/world bank solutions must be rejected if we must be truly independent. We must resist the practice whereby harsh anti-people policies, which cannot be implemented in Europe and America are forced down the throats of governments in our continent. The danger of it all is that although the world powers in the so-called G7 give the impression of supporting democracy, they know only an authoritarian regime can succeed in implementing anti-people policies. In reality, therefore, they have no fundamental opposition to corrupt and repressive regimes in our continent unless the people show in practical terms that they can no longer tolerate such regimes. 

There is a need to break Nigeria from the stranglehold of imperialism. There is a need for both economic and political freedom or independence for our people. However, TAG'23 determinedly and resolutely stands for the entrenchment of good governance that will bring about positive change to Nigeria's polity for all and sundry regardless of Tribe, Religion, Class, and Political inclinations. The panacea for nation-building is good leadership. 

God bless Nigeria and happy independent anniversary celebrations to all Nigerians both at home and abroad. 

Signed: Comrade Oluwasuyi Davis 
TAG'23 National Coordinator."

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