By FRED ITUA, Abuja
Recently, some opposition political parties merged. What is your take on this?
I’m so proud of it. I’m very happy that I’m part of it. I think it is part of the biggest development in our recent history. I pray that it will work this time better than before. This country needs a strong and viable opposition that will help Nigerians to choose as an alternative. We had not been able to provide that before. The opposition parties were more or less regional until now. We now see them coming together. It is going to create a national party that is going to rival the PDP. I’m part of it and part of it. Most importantly, I hope it is going to bring the change that we are looking for. Coming together may be meaningless if it is not going to bring a new thing. Coming together must provide us the opportunity and chance to do things in a different way. Let us hope the merger will provide a new way by which we can do politics in Nigeria. Let us see to it that this merger provides the platform to play national politics and not sectional. It is good for our country and let us hope that it will help us get out of the problems that we’ve found ourselves. I pray that it is going to give Nigeria s a chance to create a solid platform to do what is right. I also pray that the merger will not produce corrupt and sectional leaders. More»
