Many of the Civil Society Organisations
(CSOs) and Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) opposing President Muhammadu
Buhari, were doing so now because the president refused to agreed to their
outrageous demands at the expense of the country.
The Executive Secretary, Citizens Watch
Advocacy Initiative (CWAI) and President, Coalition of Civil Societies and
Media Executives for Good Governance in Nigeria (COCMEGG), Omoba Kenneth
Aigbegbele, and the Secretary General, James Okoronkwo, said this on Monday in Abuja,
at a press conference on the State of the Nation.
Aigbegbele at the event which also
witnessed the passing of a vote of confidence on President Muhammadu Buhari
Administration, urged Nigerians to ignore a statement by a self-acclaimed
coalition of 70 CSOs across Nigeria to pass a vote of no confidence on
President Buhari's administration.
According to him, the so called 70 CSOs
cannot speak Nigerians, especially that COCMEGG is an umbrella body of over 350
CSOs, NGOs, human rights activists and media executives, among others.
“These co-travellers of CSOs, NGOs and
groups masquerading themselves as conscience of the Nation, have been wining
and dining with the same present administration since they took over the mantle
of leadership in 2015.
“Our findings revealed that, instead of
offering positive and constructive advice, the group prefers rather to go
cap-in-hand, soliciting and arm-twisting the present administration to harken
to their outrageous demands, failure to which, they now cajole and blackmail
the present administration, in order to achieve their selfish agenda.