PRESS STATEMENT

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PRESS STATEMENT

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PRESS STATEMENTMonday, 28 March 2016 TUNJI BRAITHWAITE, ICON OF NIGERIAN PEOPLES’ MOVEMENT DEPARTS The Nigerian Leaders of Conscience, under the aegis of Project Nigeria (Nigeria Consensus Group), Pro National Conference Organization; PRONACO and the National Action Movement, NAM have once again been outsmarted by the sudden exit of Dr. Tunji Braithwaite; a key pillar of Nigeria’s revolutionary march, who transited into the great beyond today, Easter Monday 2016 at St Nicholas Hospital, Lagos after a brief illness His demise today at 82 is indeed shocking and envisaged by his associates, coming at a very important moment of the country’s transition into a formidable progressive change under the able watch of President Muhammadu Buhari; his long-standing political ally in various democratic trenches We are hereby compelled to note that Tunji Braithwaite, a foremost revolutionary advocate during his lifetime has inspired and led various popular movements of the Nigerian peoples and masses. He will be especially remembered for initiating and leading the Nigerian Advance Party, NAP, founded in 1978 among several other progressive democratic platforms which he co-founded with other progressive leaders of Nigeria While mourning the sudden vacuum created by his departure, we wish to proudly salute his innumerable heroic effort and interventions towards revolutionary change in the country, especially on the national democratic platforms such as PRONACO led by Chief Anthony Enahoro of blessed memory, Nigerians Unite for Democracy, NUD jointly initiated by Icons like GMB now PMB, Late Odimegwu Ojukwu, Alhaji Balarabe Musa among other progressive associates of Braithwaite The life and times of Braithwaite will also be applauded for joining forces with key patriotic leaders such as Prof Ben Nwabueze, Alhaji Yusuf Maitama Sule, Malam Adamu Ciroma, Chief Audu Ogbeh among others forces in both the Nigerian civil society and the Labour movement to initiated Project Nigeria (Nigeria Consensus Group) towards the promotion of political cohesion and national stability in Nigeria Braithwaite will also be celebrated for being an indefatigable leader of the National Action Movement of Democratic Forces, which in collaboration with the Nigerian Labour Movement, prosecuted the struggle against the regime of Petroleum subsidy imposed by the Jonathan administration in 2012. It will, however, be recalled that he and Prof Ben Nwabueze and other patriotic leaders were tear gassed and manhandled in the course of that struggle Finally, as we condoled with his immediate family members and pray that God gives them the fortitude to bear their irreparable loss, consultations are expected to immediately commence among leaders of conscience and progressive activists in the country at his Lagos residence to plan and agree on the most befitting and heroic immortalization of the departed indomitable leader of the peoples Movement SignedOlawale OkunniyiSpokesperson, PRONACOHead, Secretariat, Project Nigeria. 

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