Former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Alhaji Ghali Umar Na’Abba has been appointed chairman of the 22 member Political Merger Committee of the National Consultative Front, NCFront. The committee is to negotiate and facilitate an inclusive mega party movement for Nigerians.
The move is to provide a credible ideological mega political alternative to the existing major parties – All Progressives Congress, APC, and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
The committee which includes 12 national chairpersons of national political parties and nine major political movements and interest groups was mandated to use its inclusivity to ensure the fusion of various platforms, allies and stakeholders that share NCFront mission to rescue and save Nigeria from avoidable misery and hopelessness.
The committee which is a product of inclusive nominations from various stakeholders and allies in the NCFront was charged with the mandate to be inclusive in negotiating and sealing the formation of a credible alternative ideologically driven mega political party movement for all citizens of conscience and ideological groups that embrace the aspiration of the NCFront.
NCFront leaders fully involved in the ongoing citizens driven constitutional process anchored by the Olisa Agbakoba led People’s Constitution Drafting Committee and in the massive struggle of the Nigerian people to find a formidable peoples and service oriented alternative to the disastrous rulership of APC and the PDP in Nigeria also resolved to mobilise all Nigerians to resist any national elections without a new people’s constitution that could guarantee biometric voters’ accreditation, electronic voting, counting and transmission of results as well as diaspora voting, among others.
Prof Patrick Okedinachi Utomi, co-chairman of the NCFront, who inaugurated the committee, however, reeled out the names of members.
They are: Ghali Umar Na’Abba – Chairman; Chief Ralph Okey Nwosu (ADC, National Chairman) – Vice Chair; Dr Olu Agunloye (SDP, National Chairman) – Secretary; Dr Osagie Obayuwana (Former National Chairman, NCP); Arch Ezekiel Nya Etok (Former Chairman, YDP); High Chief Peter Ameh (Former Chairman of IPAC and PPA); Dr Tanko Yunusa ((National Chairman, NCP); Senator Zainab A. Kure,(Member) and Jumoke Akindele ( Former Speaker, Ondo State House of Assembly).
Others are Issa Aremu ( Labour Leader and Labour Party Chieftain); Chief Precious Elekima (National Chairman, PLIF); Senator Folashade Grace Bent (Former Senator); Dr Aisha Salihu Lemu (Women Leader); Alhaji Hamisu Santuraki (National Chairman, Mega Party of Nigeria, MPN); Mark Adebayo (National Chairman, KOWA Party); Seni Ajayi (Socialist Bloc); Barr Mrs Georgina Dakpokpo (National Chairperson, Young Democratic Party, YDP) and Kassim Balarabe Musa (Rep, Northern Youths)
The NCFront gave the committee, among other things, the discretionary power to co-opt any other stakeholder, who might have an undisputed relevance and usefulness to the successful formation of the new mega political movement slated for nationwide launching by the end June 2021.
The chairman of the committee, Na’Abba, in his acceptance speech averred that his committee would work to ensure that the manifesto, constitution, nomenclature, logo, motto, slogan and interim leadership structures of the new mega political movement would be robustly discussed and agreed by his committee.
He reaffirmed that eminent persons to be consulted by his committee for technical advice are some former INEC chairpersons, including Prof Attahiru Jega, presidential candidates, such as Prof Pat Utomi, Dr Obadiah Mailafia, Prof Kingsley Moghalu, the lead chair of the coordinating and drafting committee of People’s Constitutional Dialogue, Dr Olisa Agbakoba, and National Youth Leaders, especially, NC Front allies in the #EndSars Movement.
