NUOS International, USA
A CALL FOR SUPPORT OF OUR DEMAND FOR THE CREATION OF AN OGONI STATE
WITHIN NIGERIA
Dear Friends of Ogoni, Colleagues, and supporters
of Freedom & Justice, We, the
members of the National Union of Ogoni Students (NUOS International) USA write to solicit for your support for the creation
of Ogoni State (within) Nigeria.
Ogoni
is a distinct ethnic minority tribe in South-East Delta of Nigeria with its language, culture, customs, traditional and
religious values. Ogoni population is estimated at 2.3 million. Since Nigeria gained its Independence
from Britain in 1960,the majority tribes of Nigeria have through political control suppressed and marginalized Ogoni.
Although endowed with natural resources like crude oil, Ogoni remains without the basic human infrastructures like pipe borne
water, electricity, health facilities, access roads, libraries & recreational facilities.
Owing to Ogoni minority status, its resources is always
controlled by those from the majority tribes while its environment and peoples rights are violated by the multi-national oil
firms (Shell, Cheveron, Total, etc) that explore oil in the area. In seeking Justice & defending these Rights for
the Ogoni people, Ken Saro-Wiwa and Eight other Ogoni leaders were judicially executed in 1995 by Nigeria's military
government in alliance with the Shell oil.
*Twelve years after the executions, our environment and people's rights are still abused
*Ogoni with its enormous resources and oil reserves remains with other
ethnic tribes (in Rivers State)
*Ogoni
is unable to have significant representation at Nigeria's House of Representatives &
the Senate
*Other states
created and funded from Ogoni resources have more representation while Ogoni shares hers with other tribes forced to remain
together.
*Ogoni remains under-developed
within Rivers State as political leaders are imposed on the State and people rather than elected into offices.
In view of the above,
we DEMAND an OGONI STATE from the Federal Government of Nigeria for the Ogoni people in fairness for our contributions
and economic viability to Nigerian and in the belief that it is a genuine method of resolving the prolonged yearnings of our
people, and the crisis in Nigeria's Niger Delta. Ogoni students and people are not opposed to other viable groups seeking
same for their people.
-Join
us by appending your signature for our demand for the creation of a State for the Ogoni people.
-Pass on this message to your friends, groups, law makers, etc. to give
their support for Ogoni State, Freedom, & Development.
-Donate towards this campaign.
Thank you.
Signatures:
KorneBari Nwike (President, NUOS Intl. USA)
Austin
Lemea (Secretary, NUOS Intl. USA)
Fred Idamkue
Charles Wiwa
Lambert Deebom
Joseph Waadah (Canada)
Godson
Naasua (Eleme, Nigeria)
Pius Nwinee
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