22 Parties Meet, Propose Policy Framework for Buhari

Twenty-two Nigerian political parties have jointly stated their commitment to improving the country’s electoral process and helping the President-elect with policy recommendations that can engender development.
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The parties​,​ which met in Abuja on Monday​,​ also resolved to review their performance in the last general elections and address the shortcomings that made​ them lose the​ 2015 elections​​.

The parties ​that met ​include: Democratic Peoples Party, Peoples Party of Nigeria, Unity Party of Nigeria, Labour Party, Alliance for Democracy, Peoples Democratic Movement, United Progressives Party, New Nigeria Peoples Party, Social Democratic Party​, ​African Democratic Congress​,​ among others.

Frederich Faseun of Unity Party of Nigeria; Peter Ameh, PPA Chairman​,​ and Secretary of-General of Inter-Party Advisory Council​, attended the meeting.​

The parties resolved to formulate optimal ways of working with the Independent National Electoral Commission to further strengthen Nigeria’s electoral process.

They also proposed a way of contributing to national development process by helping the soon-to-be inaugurated All Progressives Congress ​government of Muhammadu administration with policy blueprint.

According to Mr. Ameh, the importance of improving the electoral process to encourage multi-party politics can not be overemphasized.

“We looked at issues on how to re-strategise and create a better environment for the electoral process come 2019, an environment that will encourage multi-party democracy and encourage more parties to win elections because this last election was not really encouraging,” he said​.​