NCMP flays Senate over move to de-register parties

The Nigeria Community Movement Party (NCMP) has described as undemocratic and anti-Nigerians the move by the Senate to narrow the country’s democratic space by reducing the number of political parties to five.

The party, therefore, called on Nigerians to resist what it called “the inglorious move of the Senate to silence the emergence of the children of nobody in our political landscape.”

In a statement by its national chairman, Comrade Ademola Babatunde Abidemi, the party called on the Senate under the leadership of Alhaji Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan to preoccupy itself with the process of reviewing the Electoral Act based on the experiences gathered in the last elections.

According the party, the move to reduce the parties to five will “strategically destroy our collective existence, and stampede freedom of association and ability of Nigerians to question the integrity of government as clearly guaranteed under Section 40 of the CFRN, 1999 (as amended).” 

It also pointed out that “this provoking, ambiguous, inimical, undemocratic and unpatriotic move of the Senate stands against the weight of any known law and the rule of law, which is the beam of any successful nation.” 

The statement read: “A careful review of the activities of the 9th assembly since inauguration showed that, the Red Chamber under the leadership of Alhaji Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan does not have the interest of Nigerians at heart. It is too unfortunate that the Nigerian project has entered into another canoe of political rape in the hands of this set of creatures.

“The Nigeria Community Movement Party (NCMP) condemned in  its entirety the fraudulently manipulated and undemocratic move of the Senate to strategically destroy our collective existence, and stampede Freedom of Association and ability of Nigerians to question the integrity of Government as clearly guaranteed under Section 40 of the CFRN, 1999 (as amended). This is provoking, ambiguous, inimical, undemocratic and unpatriotic move of the Senate stands against the weight of any known law and the rule of law, which is the beam of any successful nation. 

“The 9th assembly should take notice that, nobody sitting in that chamber became a senator of the Federal Republic without political parties, it becomes ridiculous, therefore, to cripple the same vehicles that brought you to power in colouration obviously laced by personal aggrandizement.

 “We doubt if some members of the Senate under the current administration would have been sitting and sleeping in the Red Chamber as it is often noticed if Nigeria has operated a 2 or 5 party system, as blindly advocated.

“The 9th assembly should spell out their fears, as the hitherto voiceless and constraint Nigerians are now having platforms to make their statement known. Why being afraid of a possible change in the narrative as year 2023 springs around.

“Since Nigerians now have the opportunity to settle down for credible political parties, that will promote and truly protect the interest of the masses because of the poor performance of the (2) regular actors, there is need for the upper legislature to guide the institutions of political parties jealously. 

“A reduction in the number of political parties to 5 is never a solution rather a shameful ambition and should not be nursed by an arm of government, which by its nature cannot function optimally without political parties.

“The Senator Lawan-led Senate should profess exemplary qualities since it is being headed by a season politician with more than a decade wealth of experience in legislative activism rather than chasing shadows that are not prioritized among numerous obstacles bedeviling our dear nation at this current time.

“Eighty percent of political parties registered today came to fruition due to the failed existence of the other (2) known recipes that ruled us for years without any appreciable impact to show for it.”

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