Organisation losing ground, laments former chief
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Former president of the Naga Students’ Federation, NSN Lotha, speaking at the 70th foundation day of the organisation at Kohima town on Sunday. (EM Images)[/caption]
Kohima, Oct. 29 (EMN): The Naga Students’ Federation (NSF) has been rapidly losing ground; the glory that used to characterise the NSF has been ‘deteriorating,’ a former leader of the students’ organisation has observed.
Former president of the NSF NSN Lotha spoke at the 70th foundation day of the federation at its office conference hall at the Naga Club building at Kohima town on Sunday.
Lotha observed that the NSF was at its lowest ‘in comparison to the various organizations.’ Due to its weakness, the other organizations have started to take a stand and fill in the areas that the NSF had been neglecting, the former president said.
According to him, the NSF had been making high contribution in shaping the Naga society. ‘We should be proud to say that we are instrumental in shaping the Naga society in different dimensions,’ he said. He hoped that the current, new leadership of the NSF would work to ‘regain’ the organisation’s ‘lost glory’ because ‘they have the capacity if they are sincere and honest in their work.’
“Many people still hold on to faith,” said Lotha and called upon the new NSF leadership to retrospect on the areas that weakened the NSF. He urged them to sincerely plan an approach so that the Naga people can look to the contributions of the NSF in the future.
In his presidential address, the NSF’s President Kesosul Christopher Ltu appreciated the founding and senior members for their contribution. He requested the seniors, federating and subordinate units to extend their cooperation and support to take the federation forward.
Also, a former president, Achumbemo Kikon, gave a short speech. He called upon the present team to ‘connect the missing link’ and work hard to enhance the ‘fame and glory of the NSF.’ He said that the basic principle of the NSF was not only to work for the welfare of students and to work to address other social issues. It is more to do with the Naga political issue, he claimed. He called on the NSF team to play a ‘pivotal role in the ongoing political talks.’
“We must shape our difference and live together,” said Neikuoca Lhousa, a former vice president of the NSF at the event. He said that the Naga people had become ‘too modernized but yet to be civilized.’ He called upon the present team to work sincerely.
