Fegole Nsuke
The new president of
the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP) Fegalo
Nsuke has rekindled hope for a free Ogoni in Nigeria. Nsuke in an
address this morning to the Ogoni people said freedom for the Ogoni
people in Nigeria must be pursued vigorously. The speech followed his
assumption of office as the new MOSOP president at the expiration of
the tenure of the previous executives yesterday December 31,
2018.
In a new year message to the Ogoni people this morning,
Nsuke said: "Today, the Ogoni struggle is reborn, our hope for a
better tomorrow is rekindled and we must all be prepared and
determined to change our history and let the Ogoni star shine"
Nsuke told a massive crowd in Yeghe, Gokana local government area
yesterday.
"When in 1990, our progenitors launched the Ogoni struggle with the publication of the Ogoni Bill of Rights, it was a collective move to re-write our history and give us hope. Tonight, that hope is rekindled as we turn a new page and together decide to match on so we can win together" he said.
Nsuke said MOSOP will focus strongly on fighting for the political rights of the Ogoni people to self determination, the protection of human rights especially the rights of women rights, development of our educational standards, development of our culture and monitoring the
implementation of the cleanup exercise amongst others.
Nsuke said MOSOP will continue to challenge the discrimination against the Ogoni people in Nigeria. He said Ogoni generates 185000 barrels of oil daily and everything is shared by the rest of Nigeria and Ogoni gets nothing.That is the basis of our struggle, the reason we are aggrieved and we won't stop until our political rights to self determination is respected and freedom is won for our people.
"Ogoni contributes more to the Nigerian economy than 20 Nigerian states put together yet are the poorest in this country. Our huge natural endowments are exploited for the benefit of other Nigerian
nationalities and nothing is left for us. Over $100billion dollars have been taken out of our land leaving us with a wreaked environment, poisoned and unable to support reasonable livelihoods. Currently, over 200 persons die weekly from the coastal communities alone and that is a sign that if nothing is done now, the entire Ogoni will eventually die. These are the reasons we have to stand to tell the Nigerian government we can no longer tolerate this injustices" Nsuke said yesterday.
"When in 1990, our progenitors launched the Ogoni struggle with the publication of the Ogoni Bill of Rights, it was a collective move to re-write our history and give us hope. Tonight, that hope is rekindled as we turn a new page and together decide to match on so we can win together" he said.
Nsuke said MOSOP will focus strongly on fighting for the political rights of the Ogoni people to self determination, the protection of human rights especially the rights of women rights, development of our educational standards, development of our culture and monitoring the
implementation of the cleanup exercise amongst others.
Nsuke said MOSOP will continue to challenge the discrimination against the Ogoni people in Nigeria. He said Ogoni generates 185000 barrels of oil daily and everything is shared by the rest of Nigeria and Ogoni gets nothing.That is the basis of our struggle, the reason we are aggrieved and we won't stop until our political rights to self determination is respected and freedom is won for our people.
"Ogoni contributes more to the Nigerian economy than 20 Nigerian states put together yet are the poorest in this country. Our huge natural endowments are exploited for the benefit of other Nigerian
nationalities and nothing is left for us. Over $100billion dollars have been taken out of our land leaving us with a wreaked environment, poisoned and unable to support reasonable livelihoods. Currently, over 200 persons die weekly from the coastal communities alone and that is a sign that if nothing is done now, the entire Ogoni will eventually die. These are the reasons we have to stand to tell the Nigerian government we can no longer tolerate this injustices" Nsuke said yesterday.
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