The G-57 is a
pressure group
Advocacy groups, also known as lobby groups, interest groups, special interest groups, pressure groups, or public associations, use various forms of advocacy or lobbying to influence public opinion and ultimately public policy. They play an impor ...
of
Nigeria
Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean to the south. It covers an area of . With Demographics of Nigeria, ...
n professionals who came into being as a result of the constitutional crisis that engulfed Nigeria in the wake of the flawed
elections of 2007 which brought President
Umaru Musa Yar'adua
Umaru Musa Yar'Adua (; 16 August 19515 May 2010) was a Nigerian politician who served as the president of Nigeria from 2007 until his death in May 2010. He won the Nigerian presidential election held on 21 April 2007, and was sworn in on 29 M ...
to power. Initially it was called G-53. It was soon expanded to include other pro democratic Nigerians and changed its name to G-57. The group gained national and international prominence after it called for the resignation of President Umaru Yar'adua after he was evacuated from Nigeria to Saudi Arabia on November 23, 2009 for a medical emergency without handing over executive powers to his vice, Dr.
Goodluck Jonathan
Goodluck Ebele Azikiwe Jonathan (born 20 November 1957) is a Nigerian politician who served as the president of Nigeria from 2010 to 2015. He lost the 2015 presidential election to former military head of state General Muhammadu Buhari and ...
.The group also called for electoral reforms to guarantee free and fair elections in Africa's most populous country. After its first call for president Yar'adua's resignation on December, 2nd, 2009, the group called on the Nigerian Parliament to impeach president Yar'adua for multiple violations of the Nigerian constitution.
The major promoters of the G-57 are former Kaduna State governor, Alhaji Balarabe Musa and former presidential candidates, Chief
Olu Falae
Chieftain, Chief Samuel Oluyemisi Falae (born 21 September 1938), is a Nigerian banker, administrator and politician who was secretary to the military government of Ibrahim Babangida from January 1986 to December 1990, and briefly the Finance Min ...
and Professor
Patrick Utomi
Patrick Okedinachi Utomi (born 6 February 1956) is a Nigerian professor of political economy and management expert. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Management Consultants of Nigeria and a former presidential candidate. He is the founder of Cen ...
in addition to Malam
Nasir Ahmad El Rufai, a Nigerian reformist and former minister of the FCT (
Federal Capital Territory
A capital district, capital region, or capital territory is normally a specially designated administrative division where a country's seat of government is located. As such, in a federal model of government, no state or territory has any politic ...
),
Abuja
Abuja (; , ) is the capital city of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, strategically situated at the geographic midpoint of the country within the Federal Capital Territory (Nigeria), Federal Capital Territory (FCT). As the seat of the Federal G ...
.
In 2011, the group which goes by the name of "G 57 Transparency Group", made headlines during the fuel subsidy crisis in Nigeria. The group had bought newspaper space in which they strongly criticized the Nigerian government.
References
External links
Again, G-53 Calls On Yar'Adua to ResignSack Yar’Adua, G-57 tells N-AssemblyNigeria President Umaru Yar'Adua urged to stand down
Political organizations based in Nigeria
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