Seventeen registered political
parties in Nigeria have formed a new alliance with the aim of adopting one
candidate for the 2019 presidential election.
The alliance, branded ‘G21’, was
announced by the National Chairman of New Generation Party (NGP), Dr Yakubu
Shendam at a press briefing in Abuja on Wednesday.
Shendam, who doubles as the
coordinating national chairman of G21, also disclosed that the alliance was
still open to admit new entrants into its fold, but cautioned that membership
will not be allowed to exceed 21 political parties.
He said: “The only way for us to
cease power from the current dispensation is to come together in alliance. Of
course, if we don’t do that we can’t go anywhere. We cannot win the elections
on our own by filing various presidential candidates.
“Most of our parties have
structures all over the states. All we need to do now is to mobilise our
members across to begin work in line with the objectives of the alliance.
“I reiterate that we are not
merging like the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) prior to 2015 general
elections, but form an alliance whose unity and purpose is limited to producing
a consensus Presidential candidate in the 2019 elections.
“We are only interested in the
presidential election. The House of Assembly and National Assembly elections
and Governorship will be run in our individual parties,” he stated
Shendam added that the G21 is yet
to identify who would be its flag bearer in the 2019 presidential election. “As
we continue to hold our meetings across the country, we believe that we will be
able to have and unveil our candidate to Nigerians.”
Others who also spoke at the
press briefing said it was high time political parties changed the situation
whereby they were formed but never won elections.
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