NBA, ICAN, NMA indifferent to Nigerians’ plight – Chief Areoye Oyebola

The Founder and Chairman of Rescue Magazine, Chief Areoye
Oyebola, has berated professional bodies for being indifferent to
“the daily exploitation and oppression of millions of
poverty-stricken Nigerians”.

He said part of the reason for Nigeria’s worsening situation was
that the leaders of bodies such as the Nigerian Bar Association;
the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria; and the Nigeria
Medical Association had chosen to keep quiet in the face of
“glaring incompetence and monumental corruption at all cadres of
government in Nigeria”.

Oyebola, however, commended the Academic Staff Union of
Universities for criticising the Senate’s plans to purchase N5.5bn
exotic cars for lawmakers.

He also commended the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress
for pointing out that the failure of the government over the years
was responsible for unemployment in the country, leading to brain
drain.

Oyebola said these in a statement on Monday.

He said political leaders should be blamed for the xenophobic
attacks on Nigerians in South Africa and the maltreatment of
Nigerians in other African countries.

He said, “What a shame and a disgrace to Nigeria, the most
populous black nation. All organisations and enlightened citizens
must say enough is enough to the excessively greedy, selfish and
corrupt leaders.”

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