Date Published: 06/08/09
PRESS STATEMENT
GOVERNORS, TOP POLITICIANS STORM JUNE 12 RALLY
Leaders and proponents of the proposed Mega party in the country will on Friday June 12 this year rally eminent Nigerians to support its alternative bill on electoral reform before it goes to the national assembly.
The Mega party Movement announced last week in Abuja that they will send an alternative bill on electoral reform to the national assembly, even as the legislature is already discussing six bills forwarded by the presidency.
Briefing the press in Abuja at the weekend, Mr Wale Okunniyi, the group’s Director of Organization said Leaders of the mega party will, at a meeting with the leadership of labour and civil society adopt the final draft, ahead of the electoral reform rally on Friday, where the bill will be presented for mass mobilization.
The secretariat of the Mega Party Movement also disclosed that the electoral reform rally will feature good will / solidarity speeches as well as signatures from eminent Nigerians for the endorsing the alternative bill.
According to the group those already invited to the mega rally are frontline political allies like former vice president, Alhaji Atiku Abubarkar, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari and former governors like Chief Orji Uzor Kalu, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, Chief Bisi Akande, Chief Olusegun Osoba, Alhaji Attahiru Bafarawa, Alhaji Lam Adesina among others
“Governor Olusegun Mimiko and Comrade Governor Adams Oshiomhole are billed to speak at the gathering, while Governor Peter Obi, Governor Ikedia Ohakim, Governor Theodore Orji among other progressive governors are also invited to play important roles at the rally.
Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos state is slated to be the chief host of the historic celebration which will hold at the Lagos Airport hotel at 10am prompt”
It will be recalled that the leaders of political parties in the new movement, last Friday at Transcorp Hilton, Abuja, resolved to field one single presidential candidate to contest the next election on the platform of the mega party.
Some notable political leaders including, the presidential candidate of the ANPP, Gen Muhammadu Buhari , Alhaji Atiku Abubarkar, who was represented by Alhaji Ahmed Yusuf from Taraba state and the national chairman of the Labour party, Mr Dan Nwanyanwu among others also openly declared their membership of the mega party at the summit.
The group further clarified that its proposed national summit and the launching of the mega party will both take place before the last quater of this year.
Signed
Alhaji Hamisu San Turaki
Media Officer
Abuja
