The National Secretary, All Nigeria People\u2019s Party (ANPP) Mr Tijani Tumsah, on Monday restated the party\u2019s resolve to merge with Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) and Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) by 2015.<\/p>\n
Tumsah gave this indication in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Port Harcourt.<\/p>\n
He said the proposed merger was imperative to rescue the country from the “doldrums of political and economic backwardness”.<\/p>\n
The scribe stressed the need for “a compelling force of vibrant political parties to deliver the people”.<\/p>\n
He said that ANPP was ever willing to merge with any political party for the political freedom of the country in 2015.<\/p>\n
\u2018\u2019Nigeria requires urgent rescue which we are ready to offer even in concert with other political parties.<\/p>\n
\u2018\u2019Must everybody die first before change is effected, no, the change we need must be made available for the prosperity of our beloved nation,\u2019\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n
Tumsah said that the merger would bring about a desired change in Nigeria.<\/p>\n
\u2018\u2019We are still talking with ACN and CPC, and it is our belief that Nigerians will benefit a lot from the merger.<\/p>\n
\u2018\u2019ANPP is interested in the well-being of our citizens; we will support any move to bring food on Nigerians’ tables.”<\/p>\n
He said that it was not individual ideologies that promoted corruption in government but political parties\u2019 ideology,adding that was the cause of poverty in the nation.<\/p>\n
\u2018\u2019There is a great difference in welfare of the people in states being ruled by PDP and others not being ruled by it.<\/p>\n
\u2018\u2019By 2015, we would want to show Nigerians that we can deliver the dividends of democracy.”(NAN).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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