2019 Elections: 30 Parties To Present Sole Presidential Candidate

Thirty political parties which formed an alliance, Coalition for a New Nigeria, in July 2017, said they would present a sole presidential candidate in 2019.

The spokesman of the coalition and National Chairman of the National Conscience Party, Dr Yunusa Tanko, said that the parties would brief the nation on their stand on the 2019 elections next Tuesday.

Tanko, who disclosed this to newsmen on Thursday in Abuja, explained that the coalition became imperative due to the dynamic situation of politics in Nigeria which needed urgent intervention.

He said, “The coalition has become necessary due to the dynamic situation of our politics which needs urgent intervention to save the country from anarchy and give direction to our survival towards the 2019 general election.”

“We are concerned about the state of the nation. We are going to bring all the 30 political parties together on January 30 to show you how ready and prepared we are; We are working together to support a candidate within the coalition.”

He lamented that the country is not moving forward and in the right direction, calling on all nigerians to join them in building an egalitarian society.

“This is why the CNN made up of 30 registered political parties and expecting to rapidly grow have come together to salvage the situation before things get out of hand,” he said.

The parties involved in the coalition include the Labour Party, Alliance for Democracy; Democratic Peoples Congress, Action Alliance; Progressives Peoples Alliance; Young Democratic Party; Democratic Alternative and National Conscience Party; Mega Progressive Peoples Party; Better Nigeria Peoples Party; African Democratic Congress; People for Democratic Change; United Democratic Party and National Action Congress, among others.