By Christiana Ekpa
The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has urged the electorate to vote for the Party’s governorship and State Assembly candidates in the Saturday’s general election.
In a statement issued yesterday by the founder and chairman of Board of Trustees (BoT) of the party, Boniface Okechukwu Aniebonam, NNPP charged voters to go out united and determined to provide leadership for Nigerians whom he said desire and deserve a new Nigeria.
According to him, “As we head to the polls this weekend to elect State Governors and State Houses of Assembly members, there is need for us not to lose focus despite the obvious financial constraints. We must go into the election united, determined and committed to provide leadership for Nigerians who desire and deserve a new Nigeria.
“We must go out to vote for all NNPP candidates, we must position our agents to ensure that our votes are well policed and the votes cast count. We must ensure free, fair, credible, transparent, inclusive and peaceful elections.
“The people’s will and mandates must be respected in the spirit of sportsmanship which NNPP is known for. The unity of the country is sacrosanct, Nigerians are urged to eschewed violence and electoral malpractices as we come out en masse to be discharge this crucial civic duty that will redefine the destiny of the nation.
“NNPP, 21 years old is a very peaceful party and we should demonstrate that as we go into this second round of elections nationwide this weekend. The candidates are expected to go in and do their best, our polling agents are expected to discharge their duties with sincerity, commitment and absolute loyalty to the party.
“We are optimistic that our great party will emerge victorious in these elections that will restore hope to our long-suffering compatriots. A vote for NNPP is a vote for a better, greater and prosperous Nigeria”.
The party added that though the presidential election has come and gone, the experience gained is the tonic needed to ginger supporters for the next round of elections coming up this weekend, urging voters not to look at the negative aspects of the problems encountered in the exercise but the positive lessons learnt from it.
