- The leadership of the Alliance for New Nigeria (ANN) and Young Progressives Party (YPP) have merged
- Both parties formed a new coalition known as 'The Force' on Friday, January 25
- The parties say the merger is to help salvage Nigeria from those they said have held it hostage for far too long
The leadership of the Alliance for New Nigeria (ANN) and Young Progressives Party (YPP), on Friday, January 25 announced a merger called 'The Force.'
The revelation was made known during a press briefing by the national chairman of ANN, Emmanuel Dania and his counterpart in YPP, Comrade Bishop Amakiri.
The parties say the merger is to help salvage Nigeria from those they said have held it hostage for far too long.
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Part of the statement read: “Nigeria is in dire need of a paradigm shift and this cannot happen by wishful thinking but through conscious efforts by selfless Nigerians to disrupt the system in order to end the combined 19 years of inept leadership of the PDP and APC, which no doubt has kept us in this present socio-economic and political shackles with no solution in sight anytime soon.
“Only those benefiting from the current dysfunctional system will be satisfied with the state of our nation as virtually all economic indices seem to be on a downward spiral with high rate of inflation, unemployment, poverty, insecurity are the resultant effects on the psyche and living standards of Nigerians.
“It is in a bid to end the aforementioned trend and change the current narrative that the joint leadership of the Alliance for New Nigeria (ANN) and Young Progressives Party (YPP) after painstaking deliberation, decided in the interest of the nation to forge a formidable coalition known as “the Force” in order to help salvage our great country from those who have held it hostage for far too long.
“The Force is expected to be a political point of convergence for all those who truly desire to take back Nigeria from the establishment and birth a new Nigeria.
“While we understand the enormity of the task ahead considering that our failed leaders will not let go without a fight, our conviction is however anchored on the strength of the over 88 million Nigerians living below the poverty mark of $1.90 per day to decide the fate of our oppressors through their votes.”
The parties also revealed that in the coming days, they will present a consensus candidate in the February 16, 2019 presidential election.
Furthermore, the ANN and the YPP said there are ongoing engagement with other ideological political parties that are neither with the APC nor PDP with the aim of further consolidating on the gains already made.
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Meanwhile, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) may disqualify 43 candidates for failing to meet the minimum age requirements specified in the 1999 Constitution (as amended) for candidates seeking elective offices.
Legit.ng checks reveals that one presidential candidate and three vice presidential candidates may be affected as the electoral body's hammer fall on erring party officials.
14 senatorial and 25 House of Representatives candidates might also be affected by the decision of the electoral commission.
Also, 102 other candidates maybe affected for having “undefined” identity. They include 23 senatorial and 79 House of Representatives candidates.
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