The Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN) has denounced the endorsement of President Goodluck Jonathan as the party’s candidate for the February 14 presidential elections.
Addressing a news conference in Abuja, the Acting National Chairman of the party, Dr Manzo Abubakar says the January 9, 2015 convention presided over by Dr Frederick Faseun is an illegal one which lacks the powers to endorse any presidential candidate.
Dr Abubakar, who distanced the National Executive Committee of the party from the said endorsement, advised President Jonathan not to attach any importance to the endorsement on the grounds that Doctor Faseun is a suspended member of the party.
Abubakar said, “The National Executive Committee of the UPN on behalf of the party and its teeming members and supporters denounce this (endorsement) and urge Nigerians, including President Jonathan and his party, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), not to attach any importance to the bogus endorsement.
“It is on record that Dr. Fasehun was suspended as the national chairman of the Unity Party at the NEC meeting held in Abuja on 13th October 2014 for anti-party activities among which were taking unilateral actions.
“Dr. Manzo Abubakar, the deputy national chairman, was subsequently appointed the Acting National Chairman.”
The party said in a clear departure from what is happening in several political parties, the UPN is not contesting the presidential election but that it will be fielding candidates at the governorship and other levels in the elections.
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January 18, 2015 | admin
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The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) has called on Presidential candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC), General Muhammadu Buhari (Rtd) and presidential candidates of other political parties to visit the Internally Displaced Persons and security forces in the north east where the Boko Haram insurgents have been launching deadly attacks.
The Union says the visit of the presidential candidates to the affected areas will enable them have the fore knowledge of the plights of those they want to govern if voted into office.
It also noted that President Goodluck Jonathan’s visit to Maiduguri last Thursday during which he visited IDPs and wounded soldiers in military hospitals was commendable, and therefore asked Dr Jonathan and other presidential candidates to equally extend similar visits to industrial areas where many industries have been shut down due to lack of power and other basic infrastructure as well as inconsistent government policies.
Addressing a news conference in Kaduna on Sunday, Vice President of the Union, Issa Aremu said it is imperative that those seeking elective offices should have interface with the electorates in order to identify their yearnings and aspirations, rather than selling their programmes during campaign rallies.
Mr Aremu further explained that in casting their votes in the forthcoming election, the Nigerian workers must look for the parties and candidates who can solve their problems and also called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to ensure it conducts a free and fair elections.
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January 18, 2015 | admin
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Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an open letter to President Goodluck Jonathan, General Muhammadu Buhari and other presidential candidates asking them to make “a clear and unequivocal commitment to uphold and implement 7-point anti-corruption and human rights program in your political policies if elected.”
Other presidential candidates include: Chekwas Okorie, All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA); Oluremi Sonaiya, Kowa Party; Nani Ibrahim Ahmad, African Democratic Congress (ADC); Ambrose Albert, Hope Democratic Party (HDP); Martin Onovo, National Conscience Party (NCP); and Ganiyu O. Galadima Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN).
In the letter dated 16 January 2015 and signed by SERAP executive director Adetokunbo Mumuni the organization said that, “We believe that the forthcoming presidential election holds the potential to usher in changes in the way that Nigeria enforces and implements its human rights and anti-corruption commitments. We urge you to clearly and unequivocally commit to concrete human rights reforms to end the increasing level of corruption and the impunity of perpetrators.”
According to the organization, “Evasive and obfuscatory commitments by politicians undermine transparency and accountability of elected public officials and contribute to bad governance. By making a clear and unequivocal commitment to implement the proposed 7-point program, Nigerians will be able to make an informed and unbiased decision to vote for issues and not personalities. They will also be able to compare what you are promising to do and what you actually do while in the office.”
“We believe that the president after the election must come to term with the reality of massive high-level official corruption, and the devastation and suffering it has caused millions of innocent Nigerians,” the organization said.
The 7-point program reads in part: “We ask you to demonstrate your total rejection of corruption by publicly declaring your assets ahead of the election. Nigerians are not prepared to trust
January 18, 2015 | admin
January 18, 2015 | admin
