Connect with us

Hi, what are you looking for?

News

2023: Moghalu, Utomi, Jega, Others to Launch ‘Third Force’

 

A third force to rival the two major political parties will take off next month, The Nation reports.

Its leaders met in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, at the weekend to elect the Southwest coordinating officers for the National Consultative Front (NCFront).

The objective is to birth a third force that can wrestle power from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 general election.

A former Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Chairman Prof. Attahiru Jega, 2019 presidential candidate of Young Progressives Party (YPP) Kingsley Moghalu and a former Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) president Dr Olisa Agbakoba (SAN) are among key personalities behind the movement.

Also at the Ibadan meeting were Prof Pat Utomi, Dr Usman Bugaje, and Buba Galadima, amongst others.

NCFront National Secretary, Sir Olawale Okunniyi, said the newly elected officers will coordinate activities of the movement in the Southwest ahead of the formal launch of the alternative mega party on March 8 in Abuja.

He described the NCFront as a movement of leaders of conscience who are determined to rescue the country from misgovernance.

He commended Labour leadership for its support for the movement.

Okunniyi said the country would witness the birth of the long-awaited people’s movement soon as plans have been perfected to launch it.

It was learnt that the People’s Redemption Party (PRP), African Democratic Congress (ADC), National Rescue Movement (NRM) and Zenith Labour Party (ZLP) are among the parties that will coalesce into the third force.

____

Follow us on Twitter at @thesignalng

Copyright 2022 SIGNAL. Permission to use portions of this article is granted provided appropriate credits are given to  www.signalng.com and other relevant sources.

Click to comment

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Advertisement

Related

News

The Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, on Tuesday, said the establishment of state police is an idea whose time has come, noting that it...

Big Story

A former chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega, has denied saying that the 2023 general elections was compromised. Jega...

News

Kingsley Moghalu has recommended a 50% cut in salaries and allowances of political office holders and members of the National Assembly (NASS) owing to...

News

A former deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Kingsley Moghalu, has publicly defended Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, amid widespread social...

Copyright ©