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  • MPPP prepares for 2019 elections

    Mega Party of Nigeria (MPN) has held its third national convention in Abuja, ahead of the coming general election in 2019 and changed its name to Mega Progressive People’s Party (MPPP), the National Secretary, Otunba Leke Adekoya, has said.

    The party elected Kaduna-based politician, Senator Musa Bello, as the National Chairman, Prof. Adiele Chinedum as the Deputy National Chairman (South) and Otunba Leke Adekoya from Ogun State as the National Secretary.

    Other officers elected are Mrs. Chinwe Chika (National Woman Leader), Abanitus Dangiri (National Organising Secretary), Adelaja Oguntimirin (National Legal Adviser), Alhaji Ali Baba Akano (National Financial Secretary), Akanni Olayinka (National Treasurer), among others.

    Adekoya said the change in name, logo and sections of the constitution by the Convention Committee was geared towards rebranding and refocusing the party to reflect the wish of Nigerians, “as MPPP sets to take over reign of governance in 2019.”

    Speaking on the manifesto of the party, Senator Bello, flanked by Adekoya at a news briefing in Ibadan, said what Nigerians deserved in 2019 was a break from the past mistakes and leadership failure that threatened the nation’s foundation and development.

    He said Nigerians must elect credible and responsible leaders at all levels, promising that “Mega Progressives People’s Party will ensure evolution of new leaders that will make public officers across the states and at the centre to be alive to their constitutional roles and meet people’s needs.”

    The unveiling and nationwide mobilisation of MPPP, according to Adekoya, would start in earnest, “as Nigerians from across religious, social and tribal lines will be mobilised and sensitised on the need to embrace credible change the party is bringing forward from 2019.”

    He said Nigerians must take their destinies in their hands by scrutinising would-be office holders and investigating their past, to salvage the ship of the nation from collapse occasioned by leadership failure and followers’ indifference to governance.

  • 15 parties back restructuring

    At least 15 political parties on the platform of the Coalition for New Nigeria (CNN) have expressed support for the restructuring of the country.

    CNN’s National Chairman, Alhaji Abdulkadir Abdulsalam, who disclosed this on Monday in Abuja, said the coalition was determined to chart a new course for the country.

    According to him, CNN is committed to the unity, indivisibility and progress of Nigeria.

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

    Abdulsalam said: “Our goal will be to create jobs for all those who want to work and economic opportunity for all 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 CNN would engage in a holistic fight against corruption with the sole aim of abolishing hunger and poverty.

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

    The 15 political parties in the coalition are – Labour Party (LP), African Democratic Congress (ADC), National Action Council (NAC), Democratic People’s Congress (DPC), Progressive People’s Alliance (PPA), People for Democratic Change (PDC) and Democratic Alternative (DA).

    Others are – Better Nigeria Progressive Party (BNPP), Action Alliance (AA), United Democratic Party (UDP), Peoples Party of Nigeria (PPN), Advanced Congress of Democrats (ACD), Young Democratic Party (YDP) and Mega Progressive Peoples Party (MPPP).

    NAN

  • MPPP ’ll spring surprise, says candidate

    The governorship candidate of the Mega Progressive Peoples Party (MPPP), Mr. Alonge Gallio Methuselah, has said he is not contesting the November 21 governorship election just to add to the number of candidates.

    Speaking with our correspondent in Lokoja yesterday, he said the MPPP would spring surprise on election day.

    Methuselah said Kogi State people were fed up with those he described as ‘the same face’, adding that the party’s ideals endeared it to the electorate.

    Pledging his commitment to the ideals, he said poverty, disease and squalor will become history if he is elected as the next governor.

    Methuselah promised to correct the imbalance in the distribution of appointments and projects, as well as injustice and political enslavement of the people.

  • MPPP promises new dawn in Kwara politics

    Kwara State Chairman of Mega Progressives People Party (MPPP), Sheikh Abd Akeem Opeloyeru has promised a new dawn in the politics of the State.

    He said this while addressing party supporters after the state exco meeting in Ilorin, the state capital over the weekend.

    Opeloyeru said days of politics as usual is over whilst reiterating that MPPP “believes in the tenet of democracy and with it grassroot strength spread across the State.

    MPPP party boss who was a founding member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the statea ssured that the party “stands as a formidable party and a party to watch out for in 2015.”

    He said MPPP was ready to wrestle power from the incumbent come 2015 and ensure that credible candidates that have the interest of the people in mind are elected into public office.

  • ‘APC ‘ll provide good governance’

    ‘APC ‘ll provide good governance’

    All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain Alhaji Rasheed Shitta-Bey has said that he joined the party in furtheranace of his service to the grassroots.

    Speaking at a rally organised by the APC in Surulere Constituency, Lagos, the politician promised to mobilise for its victory at the polls.

    Shitta-Bey, a former member of the House of Representatives, said: “Now, I am coming to the APC. This is a home coming. My people have been calling for my return to the party. I have to listen to them in order to contribute my quota to the development of the party.

    “The MPPP will have its convention on February 1, where I will officially resign as its chairman and fully integrate with the APC.”

    “I have always been a progressive. I have been a follower of Chief Obafemi Awolowo. I have passed through the Alliance for Democracy (AD) and went to establish the MPPP and now, I am moving to the APC.”

    The politician said that the time is ripe for the progressive bloc to provide a credible leadership for the country.

    He said the Yoruba and the Southwest, in particular, will be part of the central government, which theAPC will produce in 2015.

    Urging Nigerians to embrace the progressive party, he assured that the party will not fail Nigerians.

    He added: “I want to move closer to my people at the grassroots, to put all my effort to ensure the success of the APC within my immediate constituency and the country at large. I am leaving my national position in the MPPP, for my local government in the APC.”

    He said the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) led government in the country has not justified its continuation at the centre and all hands must be at the deck to get the party off the way, to enable the progressives provide leadership.