{"id":84326,"date":"2021-08-02T11:59:48","date_gmt":"2021-08-02T10:59:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=84326"},"modified":"2021-08-02T11:59:48","modified_gmt":"2021-08-02T10:59:48","slug":"jega-to-nigerians-dont-vote-for-pdp-apc-again-because-of-bad-precedents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/jega-to-nigerians-dont-vote-for-pdp-apc-again-because-of-bad-precedents\/","title":{"rendered":"Jega to Nigerians:\u00a0Don\u2019t vote for PDP, APC again because of bad precedents"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">For their alleged failure to bring the desired growth and development in Nigeria within the past 20 years, a university don and former Chairman of the Independent Electoral Commission of Nigeria ( INEC), Professor Attahiru Muhammad Jega has urged Nigerians not to vote for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party( PDP) henceforth.<\/p>\n<p>He alleged that the two major political parties were like Siamese twin and it was high time Nigerians look for a credible alternative.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dNigerians should dump the two parties because of their bad antecedents over the last 20 years. Looking at their inability to change the economic fortunes of Nigeria for 20 years now, it is now apparently clear that they would not do anything even if Nigerians vote for any of the two parties again,\u201dhe alleged.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nSpeaking in an interview with the BBC Hausa monitored by our correspondent, Jega explained that \u201d the bad things these parties committed in those past years, Nigerians should never give their trust to the parties again. It is now very clear that these parties would never change, even if they are given another chance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe APC and PDP have formed governments, we were all witnesses. They did not come with a good intention to make amends. If you look at the fight against corruption, all these corrupt people that were supposed to be prosecuted sneaked into the APC.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are hearing nothing. That is why I\u2019ve since registered with the Peoples Redemption Party( PRP). I am now a PRP member looking for ways to help the Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dThat is why we believe now is the time to establish a platform where every good Nigerian should join and contribute towards building the nation on the right path,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He alleged that those in the major political parties have destroyed everything and had made the parties so stigmatized that whichever good person joins the parties would be considered like them.<\/p>\n<p>He said that was why \u201cit has now become imperative to have a new platform where good Nigerians will constitute the membership.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jega also alleged that it was lack of good leadership in Nigeria that threw the nation into it current problems, which have led to the series of agitations for the country to be balkanized.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dSince 1979 I\u2019ve been teaching in the university, for 40 years now. So, from what I read and observed, when I was Chairman of INEC, honestly the way I see our politicians conducting elections and from the manner they represent their people when elected, honestly it is something to be afraid of,\u201d he said.<\/p><\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For their alleged failure to bring the desired growth and development in Nigeria within the past 20 years, a university don and former Chairman of the Independent Electoral Commission of&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":66312,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-84326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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