{"id":21776,"date":"2011-12-26T23:04:00","date_gmt":"2011-12-26T23:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/12\/bombings-sign-of-silent-revolution-says-akande\/"},"modified":"2011-12-26T23:04:00","modified_gmt":"2011-12-26T23:04:00","slug":"bombings-sign-of-silent-revolution-says-akande","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/26\/bombings-sign-of-silent-revolution-says-akande\/","title":{"rendered":"Bombings, sign of silent revolution , says Akande"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><p><span>National Chairman of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) Bisi Akande yesterday described the spate of bombings in the North allegedly sponsored by an Islamic sect, Boko Haram, as a sign of silent revolution brewing in the country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>He warned that the trend would \u201cengulf the nation like a wild-fire if immediate measures are not applied to curb it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Speaking with reporters yesterday at his country home in Ila-Orangun, Osun State, Akande said: \u201cWhether what is going on \u00a0either \u00a0Boko Haram or Niger Delta militancy, it is all a sign of dissatisfaction, sign of anger of the vibrant youths of this nation against the government.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cJonathan is in power. He should see it all. He has all the facts but it is a pity if he can\u2019t handle the situation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIf I am in power and I cannot handle the situation, then it means I am inefficient.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThough some people have sympathy for him, but it is a regret that the President has failed to handle the situation.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>He also explained why the Federal Government cannot convince Nigerians on the need for oil subsidy removal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The ACN chair said Nigerians could no longer trust the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) government led by President GoodluckJonathan.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>He said the PDP had told Nigerians many lies and made many promises \u00a0which it had failed to fulfill.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>His words: \u201cEverybody in Nigeria has become distrustful of the PDP government.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cAnd when you don\u2019t trust a government, no matter what it says or promises you find it difficult to trust and believe.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThe PDP had told Nigerians so many lies about so many things in the past. So whatever they are saying about fuel subsidy sounds false to so many Nigerians.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cTo my mind, I do not see any reason not to subsidise what is being manufactured in this country. Such a subsidy will go to the suppliers, the workers and everybody in this country. But when you are saying you have been subsidising something being imported and manufactured in another country, you will have a big burden to let us know how and why it is so. Because before you subsidise, you have to consider so many costs, particularly cost of importation and many others before you add your selling price.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The ACN leader, who was governor of Osun State between 1999 and 2003, said the government must first tell Nigerians why all the refineries in the country are killed and they have failed to wake them up and make them function to benefit Nigerians and boost the nation\u2019s economy.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Read More:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thenationonlineng.net\/2011\/index.php\/news\/31216-bombings-sign-of-silent-revolution-says-akande.html\" title=\"Bombings, sign of silent revolution , says Akande\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bombings, sign of silent revolution , says Akande<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> National Chairman of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) Bisi Akande yesterday described the spate of bombings in the North allegedly sponsored by an Islamic sect, Boko Haram, as a sign of silent revolution brewing in the country. He warned that the trend would \u201cengulf the nation like a wild-fire if immediate measures are not applied to curb it.\u201d Speaking with reporters yesterday at his country home in Ila-Orangun, Osun State, Akande said: \u201cWhether what is going on \u00a0either \u00a0Boko Haram or Niger Delta militancy, it is all a sign of dissatisfaction, sign of anger of the vibrant youths of this nation against the government. \u201cJonathan is in power<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21776","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Bombings, sign of silent revolution , says Akande - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/26\/bombings-sign-of-silent-revolution-says-akande\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Bombings, sign of silent revolution , says Akande - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"National Chairman of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) Bisi Akande yesterday described the spate of bombings in the North allegedly sponsored by an Islamic sect, Boko Haram, as a sign of silent revolution brewing in the country. 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