{"id":7473,"date":"2013-08-01T04:44:43","date_gmt":"2013-08-01T04:44:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/disnaija.com\/nigeria-news\/apc-tinubu-others-applaud-inec\/"},"modified":"2013-08-01T04:44:43","modified_gmt":"2013-08-01T04:44:43","slug":"apc-tinubu-others-applaud-inec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disnaija.com\/apc-tinubu-others-applaud-inec\/","title":{"rendered":"APC: Tinubu, others applaud INEC"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Torrents of reactions have greeted the birth of Nigeria’s newest party, the All Progressives Congress, APC, an amalgamation of the Action Congress of Nigeria, the Congress for Progressive Change and the All Nigeria Peoples Party.<\/p>\n

The national leader of the former Action Congress, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu in a swift reaction applauded the courage of the Independent National Electoral Commission for resisting political pressure in giving the new party the green light.<\/p>\n

” I congratulate Jega and INEC for this positive pronouncement . Nigerians must give INEC a pat on the back for complying with the law of the land. What INEC has done is to follow the constitution and the electoral act. We hope INEC will continue in this spirit of independence and respect for the rule of law in all its operations. Today, I can say that Nigeria’s democratic journey has advanced several miles forward,” Tinubu said in a statement by his media office. <\/p>\n

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“I congratulate the leadership of the merging parties and the entire membership of APC for their doggedness, the sacrifices made, the resolute trust they had in the process and the faith they have in the message of change that APC represents. It is to them all that the greatest credit goes to. Because we fulfilled the laws for registration as prescribed, we all along were confident that our party will be registered.<\/p>\n

“With the registeration of APC the momentum for change has gained in acceleration as this merger is ready to set Nigeria on an irreversible cause of change and people oriented development”, Tinubu added.<\/p>\n

The interim publicity secretary of the new party, Lai Mohammed said with the birth of APC, Nigerians now have an alternative to a ruling party that has taken the people for a bad ride in the past 14 years.<\/p>\n

In a statement issued in Lagos on Wednesday, APC said its emergence is a victory for Nigeria and for democracy, and that it has now also propelled the country to the league of top democratic nations with two major political parties.<\/p>\n

”The journey has been long and tortuous. All sorts of obstacles were thrown into our path by anti-democratic forces, but we were painstaking, determined and unrelenting in our quest for a formidable platform that will allow our country, Nigeria, to achieve her full potentials and join the league of respectable nations.<\/p>\n

”With the approval of our merger by INEC and the emergence of APC, today marks the beginning of a new dawn for our
country and her long-suffering people. We thank Nigerians both here and in the Diaspora for standing by us. We thank the
media for their fairness, and we commend INEC for doing the right thing and for not succumbing to pressures from phantom
political associations that sought to force it to circumvent the law.<\/p>\n

”We promise not to disappoint Nigerians who have reposed much confidence in us. We say that contrary to the lies being peddled by the naysayers, we are not seeking political power for the sake of getting it, but in order to use it to empower our people and allow their long-nursed hopes and dreams to become a reality.<\/p>\n

”And to those who have vowed to change their names if APC survives for a year, we hope they will live up to their words,” it said.<\/p>\n

APC said Nigerians can now look forward to a truly democratic party in the best traditions of what the world considers
as the best form of government.<\/p>\n

The party promised to unveil, in the days ahead, its membership registration plans to give all Nigerians, especially those
who have become disenchanted with the way things are going in the country, the much-awaited opportunity to be part of
the country’s democratic process in the true sense of the word.<\/p>\n

”We will also be unveiling our plans to turn today’s hopelessness into a time of great opportunities, to reverse the downward slide in our socio-economic development, and to ensure that every Nigerian benefits from the commonwealth, instead of the present situation in which a few fat cats are milking the system dry at the expense of the citizenry,” APC said<\/p>\n

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