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By Ashemiriogwa Emmanuel
Ahead of the 2023 general elections, the Conference of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP) has called for a more potent opposition party in the country, saying the country’s main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has failed to meet the standard.
In a statement issued by its Secretary-General, Mr Willy Ezugwu, the CNPP said that an alternative political party platform should be provided because “both PDP and the All Progressive Congress (APC) have failed the masses of Nigeria as the main opposition party and the ruling party controlling both the executive and the legislature.”
According to the statement, “The APC has been in power for six years but the lives of the ordinary person are not getting better, increasing the yarning for a new strong opposition party as a possible choice against the ruling APC and the PDP.
“Rule of law has become a big challenge as the APC government has jettisoned that basic ingredient of democracy and have continued to manipulate democratic processes and have refused to obey several court orders in the last six years.”
In the statement, the CNPP significantly pointed out the lag of PDP under Mr Uche Secondus’ leadership, saying the party has not been able to present itself as a convincing alternative for 2023.
“Obviously, the PDP under Uche Secondus’ leadership has failed to convince Nigerian electorates and the masses that the party is ready to provide itself as an alternative in 2023 as even its Board of Trustees member just defected to the ruling APC,” the CNPP noted.
The umbrella body of all registered political parties, therefore, called for the synergism of all opposition parties in the country in providing alternative political party platforms.
“We, therefore, call on all opposition parties in the country to come together and form alliances or mergers to provide an alternative political party platform as both PDP and the APC have failed the masses of Nigeria as the main opposition party and the ruling party controlling both the executive and the legislature,” the CNPP added.
