
Originally Posted by
Jesus Army
the incidents of the past week,is sincerely sad and calls for a sober reflection on the state of infrastructure in our nation.
these infrastucture can only be manned and maintained by a progressive workforce.
the rot in the oil industry is as a result of the low standards in the work force.
we have called off the protest, but even if it had held,it would have failed or made low impact.
with time on our side now,it is important that we strategise on how to make the protest, have impact.
i spoke with some brethen in the human rights and labour community, and these are some things we did not do.
1) we need to be organized..as in a name, a contact address and clear line of leadership.(a headless org is a monster)
2) we need to inform the police, the state security service and the NNPC mgt through correspondence of the protest.(be sure it would get the presidencys attention thereafter)
3) we need to sensitise the public,by creating awareness via television, radio and newspapers 0f thr problem and planned protest.(talk shows,kaakaki,etc)
4) we need to elicit the support of human rights activist to support and speak at the rally,...femi falana,olisa agbakoba,mike ozekhome,etc
5) we need to meet and create departments and directorates (contact persons) to handle the different areas.
6) a world press conference on the day of the protest, at the NUJ lighthouse in ogba.
7) branded shirts, flags, banners and posters.
public address system.....batteries etc
9) clear cut journey mgt....commencement and closing
the intent is to pass a mesasgae in a simple but effective manner
regards