Jonathan is insensitive to Nigerians' sufferings - ACN

The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has described President Goodluck Jonathan as being blinded by power and insensitive to the sufferings of ordinary Nigerians.Reacting to President Jonathan's condemnation of last January's fuel hike protests, saying it was sponsored by the opposition, the party in a statement issued in Lagos by its national publicity secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, wondered how a president, who enjoys everything free, at the expense of tax-paying Nigerian could insult the sensibility of suffering Nigerians on their right to protest an unjust fuel hike.According to the party, the president's attack on Nigerians, who resisted the imposition of unjust fuel price hike and its organisers clearly portray him a president hostage to his thoughts and one completely out of touch, not only with ordinary Nigerians, but also with universal trends, because in Egypt, during the Spring protests in Thailand, when the Red Shirts took over Bangkok in the the United States of America, during the Occupy Wall Street, protesters were fed and provided water, blankets and medicine.It may interest President Jonathan and his minders to know that those involved in the January fuel hike protests were lawyers, doctors , businessmen, bankers journalists, artistes, the clergy and other accomplished Nigerian professionals from all walks of life. To claim that this class of Nigerians were lured to the protest ground, because of a bottle of water and food is to say the least, not only uncharitable, but also a reflection of the shallowness of the thought process of his advisers and handlers, the party said.The party, however, admonished Nigerians not to be bullied into submission, by a government, which is always too ready to find a scapegoat for its incompetence and to be ever ready to protest and speak out against any unfair and unjust government decision.He added that, if President Jonathan-led government feels uncomfortable with this, it should organise its own solidarity protests and supply the rented crowd truck-loads of water and expensive food.
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