The NSF turns to be one amongst the Naga Social Organizations who keep a wide gap between saying and doing. It is a great dismay that such a confident federation has mindlessly deceived the expectation of the people, deluding their senses by money alone and no longer stand to be the mouth piece of the Nagas. The Naga leaders are usurping an era of selling public interest in exchange of personal gain. This is tantamount of massacring a section of society who have less say and influence in the social background of Nag a society.
Earlier, the NSF had given so many press releases in regard to the retirement of Govt. employees in Nagaland. Why have they remained so silent now? There is something fishy in it. The HODs association were collecting in terms of lakh rupees spearheaded by Director of Industries, Secretary of Co-operation, Director of Art and culture are few to be mentioned, who espionage the tragic end. We can catalogue the list of donors who espionage the campaign of fund drive to buy NSF officials. These greedy HODs have collected gigantic amount to buy another three years to add in their service length. They even said that 5 lakh contribution from each HOD amounts to 2/3 months earning through illegal means from their respective departments. If there is HOD association why can’t non-HODs be also unionized? It is a crystal clear that there will be no retirement in the next three years and hence the avenue of appointment is completely halted. Enhancement of entry age to 35 years obviously proved no boon to un-employee youths within this stipulated time of long three years. It is said that NSF officials have been bought by paying handsome amount. We are inclined to believe it because it is advertant by their zooming and exorbitant life style. In our Naga society, some dance and other starve, the former at the cost of later. Such betrayal by our own leaders in the pretext of social workers shall never be erased from the memories of the people from generation to generation.
When recently, on 3rd December 2007, Dimapur Naga Students’ Union imposed bandh in Dimapur town in support of NSF demand for service length criteria of retirement, the NSF was so silent and not even acknowledged in the local media. We doubt the credibility and accountability of NSF. The NSF as a federation of young and growing youth should know the shoe pinch of our youths. Highly depressed, we outburst with the suggestion that other federating units should question the NSF assembly and deliberate in length on this crucial issue. The present team of NSF has no moral right to lead the student community and shou1d resign en masse.
Our former Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio has made a gross mistake in doing this injustice just to accommodate few of his men and cronies at the top who were at the verge of retirement. Thus, played vital role to discourage the service length criteria opined by many writers. It is a crucial hurt to unfortunate young minds waiting like a dead man’s shoes. The Naga leaders including NSF hardly know anything about the people of other section, nay, they did not bother if any other lower section of society exists. Even Rio should quote that this has substantially imprint negative impressions in the mindset for becoming so blind for the un-employees in the state. The beneficiary in the above superannuation age enhancement is few but who are sitting at the other side of the fence out numbered them. We have witnessed a wide chasm between practice and statement of the NSF and the government. We the Dimapur based un-employee youths keep our fingers crossed that the next government will ensure its biggest concern for the larger interest of Nagas. We still up hold the view that 60 years of superannuation or 33 years of service length is the best choice.
Tokavi Sumi, Alem Ao,
Libenthung Kikon, Hukato Chishi
Purana Bazar, Dimapur
