From Nigeria to Canada, Mexico or the United States, and sometimes to Italy, APC campaign workers have been going through turbulent times trying to make ends meet. Some others turned against the party, lampooning the ex-general in the social media to ease their frustration.
Campaign workers recruited with mouth-watering promises to work round-the-clock for the election of President Muhammadu Buhari by his party, the All Progressive Congress (APC) may have been abandoned unpaid, and without jobs, International Guardian reliably gathered. Affected workers include major social media propagandists, bloggers, field runners, and rally thugs.
An APC stalwart in Abuja who identified himself as “Benson” told the Guardian that most of the workers were well-paid, but were not retained because there was no such agreement. A popular APC blogger who opted for anonymity however countered, “I don’t know what they are talking about; they retained us and paid us for a couple of months, then reduced our salaries for two months or so before they stopped paying.”
Most campaign workers especially those in the social media are out of job, and those who were retained after the election in 2015 have not been paid for months International Guardian gathered. Some of them have already left the country in search of survival jobs, while others besiege foreign embassies in Nigeria in search of travelling visas.
An African-American lady in her late 40s confided to our reporters in Maryland, about how she was approached by a Nigerian friend to help his “brother” called Sunday with a Green Card. “They wanted to pay me to marry Sunday for residency papers, but look here, with all the stuff going on right now with the Homeland Security, and terrorism, I told them I wouldn’t do that. And besides, the guy – I mean Sunday doesn’t even have a decent job, and they came here making ludicrous offers.” Sunday, identified as one of APC’s notorious blogger, it was gathered escaped Nigeria through Canada, and now shuttles cities in the United States where family members reside, seeking avenues to obtain residency papers.
From Nigeria to Canada, Mexico or the United States, and sometimes to Italy, APC campaign workers have been going through turbulent times trying to make ends meet. Some others have also turned against the party, lampooning the ex-general in the social media to ease their frustration.
Another notorious Blogger, Josiah, known for a brutal social media attack of Patience Jonathan, the former first lady, sneaked into West Houston from Atlanta with an expired Visa in April, but yet to secure an employment. “It’s been hard for him” confided a relative. “The major problem is not even his expired visa, but the fact that he does not have a driver’s license and have to be driven around. You know here now; If you don’t drive it’s hard to get anything started,” said the relative – a registered nurse who provided his initial accommodation. “He stayed with us for a couple of weeks – now he resides with some town folks” she said.
In the social media, the story of APC and Buhari’s neglected campaign workers have permeated discussion walls, with forum participants lampooning them for foolishly electing a leader who could not provide them with basic means of livelihood.
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Wrote a popular Nigerian blogger on her Facebook page about one of APC’s social media worker who allegedly resides in a city in the United States seeking residency, “You said Buhari’ s government was going to bring all the goodies to Nigeria; that it would be the Eldorado, but immediately he fraudulently assumed power you ran to a faraway country jumping from one American state to another begging for where to lay your head, and hoping to do an arranged marriage just to survive; but you were the one that helped brought the devil and you are still here on Facebook pretending and insulting those that question your integrity and the reasons you brought in Buhari. ….You can’t sow corn and expect to reap rice. It does not work that way. You must come back to Nigeria to stand by Buhari that you gave to Nigeria and Nigerians. You can’t stand by him outside Nigeria, it does not work that way.”
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