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Tuesday, February 8, 2011

20 Parties Adopt Shekarau For President

Twenty parties have adopted the Presidential candidate of the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP), Malam Ibrahim Shekarau, as their candidate for the April polls.

Rising from an emergency meeting at the Government House in Kano, yesterday, the Spokesmen of the parties, Dr Ogbushi Lawrence Atuama, said Malam Shekarau is a detribalised politician.

Atuama said following the personality, political antecedents and ability of Shekarau, whi is also governor of Kano State, the parties have decided to support him in the April polls.

The parties described Shekarau as a prudent manager of resources, and had ensured 44 local governments received their allocations regularly.

Atuama called on the electorate to vote in Shekarau as the President to end official sleaze and corruption, which has ravaged the country for 50 years.

The parties are Action Alliance (AA), Liberal Democratic Party of Nigeria (LDPN), Mass Movement Party of Nigeria (MMPN), African Political System (APS), All Congress of Democrats (ACD), Change Advocacy Movement Party (CAMP), Better Nigeria Peoples Party (BNPP), National Majority Democratic Party (NMDP), and Movement for Democracy and Justice (MDJ).

Others are National Movement of Progressive Party (NMPP), Movement for Restoration and Defence of Democracy (MRDD), New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Accord Party (AP), Justice Party (JP), Democratic Alternative (DA), Kowa Party of Nigeria (KPN).

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