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  • I’m confident of victory – Fela Durotoye

    The presidential candidate of the Alliance for New Nigeria (ANN), Fela Durotoye, has said he is very confident that he will emerge victorious by the time the result of Saturday’s presidential election is announced.

    He said this after casting his vote at polling unit 033 in Victoria Garden City (VGC), Lagos.

    The motivational speaker was welcomed with loud applause by the crowd when he was invited for accreditation and voting. This was shortly after Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and his wife had voted in the same polling booth.

    He however lamented that the voting process has been very slow. “A couple of the card readers are having battery issues because the batteries have run down and they did not have recharge. We learnt they are bringing rechargeable batteries and all of that. The voting process has been very slow and I hope they can speed up the process before voters start getting agitated due to the delays,” he said.

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    Durotoye, who said he did not vote for himself but “for my party and for a new Nigeria,” said the country is at a juncture which requires “a new direction for our nation and the new generation that will lead us there.”

    He expressed hope that the votes would count. “We hope the process will go well. As we see here. The process is peaceful. We hope that our votes will count and it will be a free, fair and credible election. We have an opportunity to vote new leaders and I hope that is what we are doing,” he said.

  • ‘Nigeria needs promise keepers as leaders’

    The presidential candidate of the Alliance for New Nigeria (ANN) Fela Durotoye, has said that for Nigeria to grow and be among the leaders of the world, it needs leaders who keep promises. Durotoye said this while speaking to news men recently.

    Durotoye stated that Nigerians have suffered enough unfulfilled promises from the past and present governments which have toyed with the hearts of its citizens thereby making life unbearable for many.

    “We want people of integrity, promise keepers that can make promises and keep them. I believe Nigeria deserves a government that is transparent and accountable to its people and these are the values upon which Alliance for New Nigeria (ANN) was founded and that is exactly what it is that we are brining into governance” said Durotoye.

    “For a nation to become truly great, we must have a government that works for everyone and not just a few, a government doesn’t just work for a privileged few and their families but a government that seeks to serve and not rule over its citizens. We don’t want a government of rulers but a government of leaders, leaders of excellence who have proven themselves in their own endeavors in different spheres of life especially even when they did not have any office”.

  • Nigeria needs promise keepers as leaders – Fela Durotoye

    The presidential candidate of the Alliance for New Nigeria (ANN) Fela Durotoye, has said that for Nigeria to grow and be among the leaders of the world, it needs leaders who keep promises. Durotoye said this while speaking to news men recently.

    Durotoye stated that Nigerians have suffered enough unfulfilled promises from the past and present governments who have toyed with the hearts of its citizens thereby making life unbearable to many.

    “We want people of integrity, promise keepers that can make promises and keep them. I believe Nigeria deserves a government that is transparent and accountable to its people and these are the values upon which Alliance For New Nigeria (ANN) was founded and that is exactly what it is that we are bringing into governance” said Durotoye.

    “For a nation to become truly great we must have a government that works for everyone and not just a few, a government doesn’t just work for a privileged few and their families but a government that seeks to serve and not rule over its citizens. We don’t want a government of rulers but a government of leaders, leaders of excellence who have proven themselves in their own endeavors in different spheres of life especially even when they did not have any office”.

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    Durotoye however task Nigeria to come out in mass to build a new nation with new mindset and fresh ideas that would catapult the country to the top among the community of great nations.

    “The new Nigeria is built by a new people with a new mindset and in February we have the opportunity to decide whether we are going for the old that has brought us this far with the penury and poverty that we have suffered or with the new generation of nation builders who will together build a nation that we will be proud of whether you are at home or in diaspora we must restore the pride and glory of Nigeria among nations.”

  • 2019: ANN promises to provide credible leadership in Ebonyi

    The Alliance for New Nigeria (ANN), says it will provide credible leadership in Ebonyi if  elected into power in 2019.

    The party also said that Ebonyi would become preferred destination for investment within the first four years in office.

    Delivering a valedictory speech, Dr Laz Eze, the immediate past state chairman of the party, said that ANN, which was registered in 2017, had recorded numerous  achievements, especially in Ebonyi.

    He commended party faithful for their commitment and dedication to the party and stressed that ANN has been fully re-positioned to capture political power in 2019 in Ebonyi.

    “There are indications that our party is making remarkable progress, especially in Ebonyi, and shall take over governance in our state in the nearest future.

    “Today is a historic day in the history of the state and I make bold to declare that a new Ebonyi beckons; our people shall cry no more for better days are ahead.

    “I choose not to bore you with data indicating abysmal poor development indices including high maternal and infant mortality, high unemployment rate, low literacy rate and low quality of life in general.

    “Rather, I prefer to let you know that we shall ensure that  every citizen in Ebonyi counts; we shall localise the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and use it as a frame work for the overall development of our beloved state.

    “We believe that human beings, particularly young people, are our biggest assets, hence we shall develop programmes that will assist people to unleash their potentials ” Eze said.

    Eze added that ANN would give human capacity development through qualitative education and skills, improvement in the quality of lives of Ebonyi people through sustainable and curative health care delivery service a boost.

    He further said that sustainable economic development through capacity building and grants to small scale businesses and industrialists would be given priority under the administration of ANN.

    “We will change the sad political realities of our state and put Ebonyi on the path of sustainable development and growth if we are elected into power in 2019”.

    He said that ANN was a child of necessity which has come to provide credible alternative to the people and bring them out of misery and years of misrule.

    “Our party is committed to the emergence of a new Nigeria where equity, equality, rule of law, social justice and equal opportunity for all shall prevail.

    “Our commitment is to bring positive change in Ebonyi if elected into power in 2019 governorship election.

    “ANN is a mass movement and I implore the people of the state to embrace the change our party is bringing, ” he added.

    Eze commended party faithful and delegates for the smooth, successful and credible state congress and hitch free election.

    He urged the newly elected state executives of the party to work hard to sustain the achievements of the past executive in order to ensure that the party emerges victorious in the 2019 general elections in Ebonyi.

    The congress elected 11-member state executive to pilot the activities of the party.

    Members of the executive were elected by 50 delegates drawn from nine of the 13 local government areas of Ebonyi through affirmation in line with the party’s constitution and congress guidelines .

    Mr Ifeanyichukwu Nweli was elected chairman, while Mr Austine Irem and Ifeanyichukwu Ude were elected vice chairman and secretary, respectively.

    Nweli, who spoke on behalf of the other executive members, urged party faithful and loyalists to shun acts that could bring disunity and work towards strengthening the party.

    He promised that the new executive would take the party to a new height.