Opposition too far: Nwanyanwu criticises APC for its directives to lawmakers

National Chairman of the Labour Party, Dan Nwanyanwu, has described as subversive and inciting, the recent directive by the All Progressives Congress (APC) calling on its members in the National Assembly to block all executive bills.

Nwanyanwu who addressed a news conference in Abuja, condemned the step taken by the APC saying the opposition party had taken it too far. “This is opposition taken too far. The APC has, in unmistakable terms, declared war on the Nigerian people and it must be resisted at all cost.”



"We believe that this extreme reaction is subversive to say the least, unpatriotic and insensitive to the fragile nature of Nigeria's heterogeneous and multi-ethnic society”

To block military confirmation is an attempt to anger the military to think and reconsider their roles in the Nigerian nation and democracy.

The real reason is to anger the military. The real reason is to push for military coup. We are talking about senior military officers who have over the years laid down their lives for the nation and Nigerian people who no doubt deserve appointments to the highest position in their career.

We must not allow power mongers and desperate politicians, particularly those who were part and parcel of the story of the sorry state Nigeria found itself, to truncate our hard earned democracy.

The President must not allow himself to be intimidated by the mischievous antics of the APC political leaders who are so desperate for power that they do not want to wait for 2015 when Nigerian electorates will exercise their inalienable rights to choose their leader.

We condemn very strongly the extremism and fundamentalism that the APC has come to be associated with. What APC has proposed to do is a recipe for the disintegration of the Nigerian state.

It is therefore an ill wind that will blow no one any good. The desire and the quest of APC to win the 2015 presidential election will remain a pipe dream if there is no Nigeria for them to govern.  

source: The Punch

The leadership of the APC had yesterday called on its lawmakers to block all legislative proposals, including the 2014 budget and confirmation of all nominees to military and civilian positions to public office.

APC's Interim Publicity Secretary, Lai Mohammed, explained after the party's National Executive Committee meeting that the decision was as a result of what the party considers as ‘acts of impunity’ by the Federal Government in Rivers State.