Agbakobas NIM joins ANN
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therefore having come to the reasoned conclusion that political parties are pillars for nurturing popular democracy and nurturing good governance and that political parties that have superintended over the affairs of the country have failed1 the nigerian intervention movement nimled by olisa agbakobo on wednesday adopted alliance for new nigeria ann as the political party to contest the 2019 general elections1 agbakoba chair of nim was the former national president of the nigerian bar association nba. nims co-chair is dr abdul jelil-tafawa balewa1 the news agency of nigeria nan reports that prominent members of nim and executive members of the ann were present at the gathering1 they included debe odimegwu-ojukwu son of late founder of all progressives grand alliance apga chief odimegwu ojukwu mr fela durotoye and mrs elishama ideh both presidential aspirants under the ann platform1 agbakoba said the decision of nim to fuse into ann was borne out of the need to realise its vision for nigeria1 represented by nims deputy-director-general mallam nasir kuta agbakoba said the limited time to the general elections would not permit nim to register as a political party to pursue its vision1 agbakoba said the movement settled for ann because the party shared in its vision and ideology to build a better nigeria1 it is trite to state that the majority of nigerians have been overwhelmed by the extant quality of politics going on in our dear country as manifested by self-serving politics1 for us in nim the whole essence of political leadership and government is the welfare and wellbeing of the citizenry1 therefore there is need to restore hope to this country. the nim was formed on 28th november 2017 by a new breed of leaders of conscience towards breathing a new life of constitutional democracy and good governance trajectory that will engender a new nigeria that works for all of us1 the political movement announced its adoption of ann a relatively new party at a gathering on lagos1 and given the timeline of the general elections it was our resolve to adopt a fresh and untainted political party with elemental potential of delivering dividends of democracy towards realizing a new nigeria of our dream he said1 agbakoba added that ann was chosen after nim had scanned no fewer than 17 parties that shared its vision1 he said ann was the only party appropriate for nim to pursue its pvc driven ballot revolution in 20191 he said with the adoption of ann the political movement would gradually wind up and fuse into the party democratically1 agbakoba urged nigerians to join the ann with the nim in order to present a credible alternative in 20191 he also urged citizens to obtain their pvcs as it was the instrument with which to elect their preferred leaders1 speaking national chairman of ann dr jay osi-samuels said the adoption of ann by nim was historic1 he said the marriage of the two platforms was borne out of the need to give nigerians a credible alternative in 20191 samuels said the coming of the two platforms meant they were both one and that the structure now belonged to both groups1 he urged nigerians to trust the platform to deliver the goods in 20191 we also urged citizens to obtain their pvcs as that is what they need to realise the country of their dream he said1