The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), which is now running for president and is represented by former governor of Kano State Rabiu Kwankwaso, asserts that it stands a higher chance of winning the impending 2023 elections.
The opposition People's Democratic Party (PDP) was "badly wounded," according to the NNPP leader, while the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) had let Nigerians down. At Oba Rufus Adeyemo Adejugbe's palace, the Ewi of Ado-Ekiti, he made these assertions.
As part of a tour to collect support before the country's national elections in February 2023, Kwankwaso made the statement in Ado-Ekiti.
“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,” he boasted.
Kwankwaso spoke on the accomplishments his administration made while he was governor, claiming that these would make life better for every Nigerian if he were to be elected in 2023.
“APC and PDP are dead, they are finished, and our party will win next year’s Presidential election by God’s grace; we are on the ground in the North, and 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 gave me first-hand information on how and how 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’ve failed. The two political parties themselves know that they’ve failed. The only chance they have is to buy votes”.
“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 a 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,” Kwankwaso said.
He went on to say that he decided to run for office again because of the deteriorating road network in Ekiti State and elsewhere in the country, negatively impacting national security, the economy, and the quality of education.
“The road from here, Ado-Ekiti, Oshogbo to Abeokuta and from here to Akure is in deplorable condition, it’s the same story, it’s 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 while I decided to contest again to right the wrong,” he said