Save Nigeria Group(SNG), an organisation campaigning for good governance, will on Wednesday hold a rally in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory, to protest the protracted leadership crisis foisted on the country by the prolonged ill-health of President Umaru Yar’Adua.
The organisers said the association would also protest the reluctance to bring to closure the invisible presidency by invoking the provisions of Section 144 of the 1999 Constitution.
In a statement by the group’s spokesmen, Yinka Odumakin and Mike Igini, the organisation also said that Nigerians would be mobilised to insist on electoral beforms before the 2011 general elections.
The group said the reform process has become inevitable to restore the integrity of the ballot box.
According to the statement, the take-off point for the rally is Unity Fountain, near Transcorp, Abuja at 8am.
Speakers at the rally include Gen. Alani Akinrinade(rtd), Prof Lawal Yadudu, Mr Femi Falana, Pastor Tunde Bakare, Sheik Ahmad Abdurahman, Mr Solomon Asemota(SAN), Dr Usman Bugaje, Senator Abu Ibrahim, Mr Ayo Opadokun, Hajiya Najatu Mohammed, Hon Wale Oshun, Hon Uche Onyeagucha, Dr Joe Okei-Odumakin, Ayo Obe, Annkio Briggs, Mallam Uba Sani and Sauda Saad.
Others include Mallam Salihu Lukman, Osita Okechukwu and Tanko Yunusa. |