Ahmed Tijjani, chieftain of the New Nigeria Peoples Party
(NNPP), says there’s nothing stopping his party from winning the 2023
presidential election with Rabiu Kwankwaso as its candidate.
Speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday,
Tijjani said the privilege enjoyed by big political parties won’t count in the
next election.
The chieftain said what the NNPP has achieved in just three
months of its registration, both the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and
the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) couldn’t achieve in one year.
“If you look at the general acceptance of our party by the
Nigerian masses, you will agree with me that nothing is stopping us from
winning the 2023 general election,” he said.
“Just look at the
massive reception that our leader Rabiu Kwankwaso gets each time he visits one
state or the other; you can see the large turnout of people coming out of the
streets to receive him, even before the campaign.
“I think that this is clear enough for people to see that we
are in the process of winning the presidential election.”
Tijjani said Kwankwaso has so many achievements to show in
his previous leadership positions in the country, adding that the NNPP
candidate will replicate what he did in those positions if given the
opportunity.
“Take a look at the
four major presidential candidates for 2023. For example, Bola Tinubu will tell
you, vote for me and I will do this and that; Atiku Abubakar will say the same
thing. Peter Obi appeared to be a presidential candidate only on social media,”
he said.
“Kwankwaso is not just coming to make empty promises like
others. What we are saying is that Kwankwaso has done it before and he will do
it again if he gets the opportunity.
“Basically, Kaduna and other northern states in the country
have not benefited much from the present administration. So, Nigerians are well
prepared for the 2023 election. This time, it is not going to be business as
usual because the electorate is fully prepared to vote out leaders who have
nothing to offer them.
“Our party, the NNPP, will be voted in by the masses who are
the victims of successive governments, so we are just waiting for February 2023
for the Nigerian masses to vote massively for us.
“This time around,
the issue of big parties won’t count at all. In fact, if there’s a chance for
an independent candidate to contest the election, people might vote for him
based on his credentials, leaving candidates from the so-called bigger
parties.”
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