From Priscilla Ediare, Ado-Ekiti
The presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Rabiu Kwankwaso, has assured Nigerians of a better country if elected as the president in the 2023 election.
Kwankwaso, who said that the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) have failed Nigerians and taken the country backwards, expressed optimism that the NNPP would be voted in next year’s election to change the narrative.
He made the remarks when he visited the palace of the Ewi of Ado-Ekiti, Oba Rufus Adeyemo Adejugbe,
as part of his campaign tour in the Southwest part of the country, where he described the APC and PDP as dead political parties that have nothing more to offer to the people.
Recalling the achievements recorded when he served as the governor of Kano State for two terms, he said the lives of the people of Kano were positively impacted, promising to replicate the same if elected for the topmost job next year.
He said: “APC and PDP are dead, they are finished, and it is our party that will win the next year’s presidential election by God’s grace, we are on ground in the North, we will win the polls.
“Why I’m different from all presidential candidates, is that I go around the country on roads, not only the state capital, not only the local government areas, this made me have first-hand information on the way and manner our people live.
“The NNPP is based on the talakawa (masses), voters and good people of this country who believe in us. Nigerians know the APC and the PDP very well and they have failed. The two political parties themselves know that they have failed. The only chance they have is to buy votes.
“If the election takes place today, NNPP has a brighter chance, no political party can defeat NNPP, the PDP has been wounded in the Southeast by the emergence of some political parties, of course in the North, we have caged PDP, even in the South-South they are no longer popular because of the presidential primary contest, and the APC has failed the citizens, no right thinking Nigerian will want the status quo to remain, meaning this terrible situation to continue.
“I’m part of the formation of the PDP in 1999, so also the APC. Unfortunately, the two political parties drew Nigeria back to square one, or even worst in performance, this is why we formed the NNPP as a credible alternative to the two political parties, we want new Nigeria. So, I’m so happy we have this party NNPP, and also happy that all Nigerians especially those earning their living, especially the masses, women and young men are trooping into the NNPP.”
He noted that the dilapidated road network in Ekiti and other states have affected security, economy and education in the country, the reason he decided to contest again to right the wrong.
“The road from here, Ado-Ekiti, Osogbo to Abeokuta and from here to Akure is in deplorable condition, it is the same story, it is the same story about us, the roads are a reflection of what is happening in other sectors of transportation, like railways, waterways even in the aviation industry, and put them together they are also a reflection of what is happening in this country, in terms of economy, in terms of insecurity, in terms of education and so on, and all these put together, are the reasons why I decided to contest again to right the wrong,” he said