Former
state chairmen of the defunct Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), one of the
legacy parties that came together to form the ruling All Progressives Congress
(APC), have formed a new political association, New Nigeria Movement.
The
former CPC state chairmen hinged their decision on the ruling party’s deviation
from its foundational plans.
The
CPC, along with the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP), Action Congress of
Nigeria (ACN) in 2009, and factions of the All Progressives Grand Alliance
(APGA) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), had joined forces with others to
form APC to wrestle power from the PDP in 2015.
Some
PDP governors, led by Mr. Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State, formed the New PDP
that joined the APC.
However,
the ACN and the CPC, on whose platform President Muhammadu Buhari ran and lost
in 2011 after he pulled out of the ANPP where he had vied for the presidency
twice in 2003 and 2007, were the major partners in the coalition of political
parties that formed the ruling party.
Following
a meeting in Abuja on Thursday, the CPC members said they have floated the NNM
ahead of the 2023 election season during which Buhari would’ve fully served its
two terms, and ineligible to run again.
A
communiqué issued to journalists after its inaugural meeting named a former
Kano State chairman of the defunct CPC, Alhaji Ahmed Zogo, as its national
chairman.
The
group promised to give a new direction to Nigeria.
The
communiqué read: “The inaugural meeting of the New Nigeria Movement (NNM), a
socio-political group comprising patriotic and credible Nigerians who are
determined to give a new direction held in Abuja, the Federal Capital
Territory, on the 19th of January, 2021.
“The
pioneer members are drawn from the thirty-six states of the federation and
united by a burning desire to give Nigeria a new political direction that will
guarantee peace, true unity, equity and mutual trust.”
The
communiqué stated that the group empathized with Buhari on his efforts at
salvaging Nigeria from the age-long decay and also commended him for reminding
the APC national caretaker committee on the need to keep the commitment to all
members of the merger – CPC, ACN, and ANPP.
“The
New Nigeria Movement (NNM), therefore, resolved to team up with patriotic
Nigerians and the president to move the country forward.
“Our
movement is in total support of the clarion call by Nigerians for power shift
to the South and generational power shift,” it added.
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