The CNN is a coalition of about 30 political parties which include; National Conscience Party (NCP), Africa Democratic Congress (ADC), Peoples Progressive Alliance (PPA), Democratic People’s Congress (DPC) Labour Party (LP), People’s Party of Nigeria (PPN) and Action Alliance (AA). Others are; Alliance for Democracy (AD) Democratic People’s Party (DPP), People’s Democratic Change (PDC) and Better Nigeria People’s Party (BNPP).
The coalition also includes; National Action Council (NAC), United Democratic Party (UDP) and Democratic Alternative (DA) amongst others. The coalition was formed in June 2017.
The CNN, which is apparently energised by the Obasanjo letter, told a news conference in Abuja on Tuesday through its National Chairman, AbdulKarim Abdulsalam, that despite all the promises of the Buhari-led APC government, the government is tormenting the citizens with “crass poverty and wealth erosion, massive and ravaging unemployment, internal insecurity and violence, occasioned by unabated attacks of the herdsmen and elements of Boko Haram in the north east, north central and south east parts of the country.”
Abdulsalam, who is also the National Chairman of the Labour Party (LP) told the conference that it is disturbing also that Nigerians are being divided along ethnic, religious and regional lines even as the CNN bemoaned that the APC has hobbled the Nigerian economy by policy inertia, adding that there is an urgent need to salvage Nigeria and restore hope to her citizens.
It was not clear yet if the CNN has a working strategy with the much touted Obasanjo’s Coalition for Nigeria (CN), which may be launched today, but the CNN maintains that its major objective is to defend the unity of Nigeria while proffering solutions on the ways to move Nigeria in the right direction. It said that it welcomes any coalition with any group with similar agenda to oust Buhari and the APC even though it ruled out merger.
Chairman of the National Conscience Party, Tanko Yunusa, who is also the spokesman of the coalition, earlier told BusinessDay that Buhari has failed Nigerians because he lacks the strength, vigour and competence to run the country adding that another four years under Buhari will be a recipe for chaos in the country.
National Chairman of the Labour Party (LP), Abdulkarim Abdulsalam; National Chairman of the National Conscience Party (NCP), Tanko Yunusa; National Chairman of United Democratic Party (UDP)Godson Okoye; National Chairman of the Democratic People’s Congress (DPC) Olusegun Peters; National Chairman of Peoples Party of Nigeria (PPN),Eyiowawa Rasak; National Chairman of Democratic Alternative (DA) France Ukonga; National Chairman of the Africa Democratic Congress (ADC), Raph Nwosu, amongst others were the notable faces at the conference.
The coalition noted with a sense of disappointment that the Buhari government has embarked on “external borrowing in spite of the recoveries of the looted funds, new streams of income, generated internally, taxes duties etc which are not visibly applied anywhere in Nigeria.”
On the vexed issue of order/schedule of National Elections, the coalition suggested that the States Assembly and National Assembly elections should be held on the 16th of February 2019 while the governorship and Presidential election should hold on the 2nd of March 2019 to forestall the negative influence of the bandwagon effect.
The CNN then suggested as a matter of urgency, the setting up of a of Government National Unity that will be inclusive of various shades of opinions/ interests in the country, adding that there is an urgent need to create a Ministry of National Integration.
The CNN said it has set up six committees to design a clear cut agenda for the new government that will enthusiastically and dutifully work towards and ensure the needed shift in the way this country is governed.
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