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2023: APC, PDP have failed, don’t vote them ― Jega

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The former chairman of the Independent Electoral Commission of Nigeria (INEC), Professor Attahiru Muhammad Jega has called on Nigerians not to vote for the All Progressives Congress ( APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party( PDP) in the next election coming up in 2023.

This he alleged, is because the two major political parties in the country were like siamese twins of corruption.

Thus, the former INEC boss said it was high time Nigerians look for a credible alternative.

Speaking in a BBC Hausa programme, on Monday, Jega a professor of political science noted, ‘Nigerians should dump the two parties because of their bad antecedents over the last 20 years.

He stressed, “Looking at their inability to change the economic fortunes of Nigeria for 20 years now, it is now apparently clear that they would not do anything even if Nigerians vote for any of the two parties again,” he alleged.

“The bad things these parties have committed in those past years, Nigerians should never give their trust to the parties again. It is now very clear that these parties would never change, even if they are given another chance.

“The APC and PDP have formed governments, we were all witnesses. They did not come with a good intention to make amends. If you look at the fight against corruption, all these corrupt people that were supposed to be prosecuted, sneaked into the APC.

“We are hearing nothing. That is why I’ve since registered with the Peoples Redemption Party( PRP). I am now a PRP member looking for ways to help Nigeria.

“That is why we believe now is the time to establish a platform where every good Nigerian should join and contribute towards building the nation on the right path,” he said.

He also alleged that those in the major political parties have destroyed everything and had made the parties so stigmatised that whichever good person joins the parties would be considered like them.

“It has now become imperative to have a new platform where good Nigerians will constitute the membership.”

Jega also alleged that it was a lack of good leadership in Nigeria that threw the nation into its current problems, which have led to the series of agitations for the country to be balkanised.

“Since 1979 I’ve been teaching in the university, for 40 years now. So, from what I read and observed, when I was Chairman of INEC, honestly the way I see our politicians conducting elections and from the manner, they represent their people when elected, honestly, it is something to be afraid of,” he said.

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