No Former National Chairman of Labour Party, Chief
Dan Nwanyanwu, on Monday said that, unlike the
ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, party and
others like the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP,
the newly floated party, the Advanced Peoples
Democratic Alliance (APDA), will address all
issues that will keep Nigerians united as a nation
especially in the face of recent Biafra agitations
and other threats to Nigeria’s united existence.
He also said that Nigeria needed politicians with
good character and integrity to address its
economic and political challenges, hence, the
new party.
He stated this at the unveiling of Advanced
Peoples Democratic Alliance (APDA), a new
political association, and its Interim National
Executive Committee (NEC) to the public in
Abuja.
Nwanyanwu, who announced his membership of
the group, congratulated the interim leadership
and described the “birth’’ of the group as historic
He said that none of the party`s promoters was
new to the country`s politics, and that though
they came from different political backgrounds,
they were bound by a common ideology.
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According to Nwanyanwu, the party`s promoters
were identified by their character and integrity
and were poised to address the country`s
economic and political challenges.
“The party I am unveiling today on behalf of us is
ideologically roofed.
“It seeks to address all the fundamental issues
that will keep Nigerians united, with every citizen
having a sense of equality, justice, protection,
belonging and fair play.
“We are determined to present to Nigerians a
political party that will be highly disciplined,
provide the level-playing field to all its members
and remove every trace of godfatherism,’’ he
said.
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He said that ADPA would restore dignity and
party supremacy in the affairs of its members
and for their benefit.
The former Labour Party chairman said that the
party was a convergence of patriotic citizens
who were committed to the indivisibility and
corporate existence of Nigeria.
He also said that the party`s members were also
determined to enrich true federalism, social
inclusion, national cohesion and public trust in
governance.
“APDA stands for social democracy with efficient
and sustainable public sector services delivered
as its primary focus,’’ he said.
He said that the party would give room to new
ideas, alignments, energy and approaches to the
country`s economic and political challenges.
He alleged that many of the established political
parties in the country were recycling old leaders,
repeating old rhetoric and reabsorbing the same
old and moribund way of doing things.
Nwanyanwu said that the interest of such
political parties was in gaining political power
and accessing the national treasury.
He refuted insinuations that the Chief Executive
of African Independent Television (AIT) was the
party`s major financier, saying that it belonged to
all.
“We are all calling the shot here; this party
belongs to you, it belongs to me and it belongs
to all of us,’’ he said.
The politician said that the group was the first to
introduce bio-metric membership card and
electronic voting for all elective positions, a
development, he added, would make rigging and
imposition of candidates impossible.
He assured that the association, when registered,
would give priority to women, youths and the
disabled with regards to employment and called
on them to step forward and take over its
structures.
“The party is yours; the future is yours and that
future is today, not tomorrow. This has been
guaranteed by our constitution,’’ he said.
The party`s flag was presented to its 36 states,
Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and zonal interim
chairmen.
Earlier, the interim National Chairman of the
association, Alhaji Shittu Kabiru, expressed
optimism that the group would move Nigeria out
of “ the prevailing political frustration and
economic stagnation“.
Kabiru, who was a Special Adviser to Alhaji
Bamanga Tukur, former National Chairman of
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), described
APDA as the actualisation of the fundamental
human rights of Nigerians to determine their
national destiny.
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