In bid to challenge Nigeria’s big two, 15 political parties form coalition

Fifteen political parties in Nigeria have entered into a coalition on the platform of Coalition for New Nigeria, CNN.

CNN’s National Chairman, Abdulkadir Abdulsalam, addressing journalists on Monday in Abuja, said the coalition was determined to chart a new course for Nigeria.

He stated that CNN was committed to the unity, indivisibility and progress of Nigeria.

He emphasized that the vision of the coalition was a new Nigeria that would be secure and prosperous through effective governance.

“Our goal will be to create jobs for all those who want to work and economic opportunity for all who want to achieve.

“Our immediate task will be to strive to heal the wounds of the past through reclamation, reconciliation and reformation.

“We are committed to the economic, political and internal restructuring of Nigeria as well as empowering of our youths, women and persons with disability through well-articulated policies toward a better Nigeria,’’ he said.

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Mr. Abdulsalam said CNN would engage in a holistic fight against corruption with the sole aim of abolishing hunger and poverty.
Commenting on the current burning issue of restructuring, he said CNN fully in support of the restructuring of the country.

The national chairman also said that CNN looked forward to a government that would undertake economic reforms capable of transforming the country into a leading industrial giant.

Also speaking, the National Chairman of the Mega Progressive Peoples Party—one of the parties in the coalition— Sam Turaki, said CNN was not happy with the current situation in Nigeria and that the group was determined to change it if elected in 2019.

“We want to save this nation from collapsing,” Mr. Turaki said.

The 15 political parties in the coalition are Labour Party, African Democratic Congress, National Action Council, Democratic People’s Congress, Progressive People’s Alliance, People for Democratic Change and Democratic Alternative.

The remaining parties are Better Nigeria Progressive Party, Action Alliance, United Democratic Party, Peoples Party of Nigeria, Advanced Congress of Democrats, Young Democratic Party and Mega Progressive Peoples Party.

 

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