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| SDMP National Chairman Chief Olu Falae and Prince Frank ukonga -Chairman Edo state SDMP and governorship candidate Edo 2012 |
ITV INTERVIEW: FRANK UKONGA SPITS FIRE- SLAMS APC MERGER -" SDMP is the first trully mega Party to be registered in Nigerian History..We call all Nigerians to embrace SDMP as the genuine progressives that can deliver the dividends of democracy..."
ITV interview
Duke Okosun : Your ExcellencyPrince Frank Ukonga, Is SDMP part of the new political merger
of APC-All Nigerian Peoples Congress being proposed by the ACN
,CPC,ANPP and co
Prince Frank Ukonga: SDMP is not
part of the political merger of ACN,CPC, ANPP and Co. SDMP was the first Mega
party of mergers of 25 political parties in Nigeria and Africa to be
consummated and registered by INEC and we are still open to other political
parties that are interested in merging into us. Our merger according to the
Late Chief Enahoro who stated the our merger party is to create formidable
opposition political party in Nigeria as a great alternative committed to
service delivery to the teaming population of Nigerians and it was not a
consequence of reactionary philosophy as in the case of APC Merger. APC perhaps is a merger of political parties with
different political ideologies and orientations like a merger of peoples of
strange bed follows which is reactionary as its reason de entre is focused to
wrestle power from the ruling PDP alone as major selfish reason of coming to
being… that is why the INEC is reluctant to register the merger as a new
political party as such reactionary backlash potent grave danger to the polity
which was similar to the dangers of what the Action Group went through when
Chief Akintola who was more of a
conservative joined forces with Chief Obafemi Awolowo who was a progressive to
win the polls in western region and no sooner that Chief Akintola became the
Premier he tried assiduously to weed out of the party Chief Awolowo’s men in
the general election of Western Region which resulted in the general war and
uprising in Western Region which was used as an excuse by the military to take
over governance in Nigeria… and as history repeats itself such scenario could
manifest again when the power tussle begins in the new APC Merger…
Duke Okosun: Your Excellency: So what is your view about developing the
weak political institutions in the country if mergers and acquisitions of
political parties are suspects of possibly fermenting more trouble in future
and not overly advisable by your analysis?
Prince Frank Ukonga: Nigeria and
Nigerians is not a victim of time. This contemporary nescient political
dispensation is young and vibrant and less than 14 years old..we should not be
in a hurry to take win the elections at the centre but rather we should be
committed to developing the political institutions that has presence already
and expanding them as variants and
options to service our multi ethnic and multi nationalism of more than
250 tribes..if we arrived at having 25 banks to service our large population in
the Banking consolidation exercise there is nothing wrong in consolidating the
political institutions with similar strategy of 25 political parties to be
committed the to leadership and service delivery to our great Nation.
Duke Okusun : Will this lead to fusing Nigeria into one strong
formidable Nation of one nation , one destiny
Prince Frank Ukonga: The aspect
of fusing to one Nation with one destiny of a multi ethnic setting like ours
cannot be forcefully induced as Nigeria is a Nation of more than 250 tribes
amalgamated 100 years ago by His Excellency Lord Lugard the British governor
General, Prior to this each part of the country and some of the tribes had
great Nations and governments independent of each other.. like the Yoruba
Empire, the Kanem Bornu Empire, the Zauzau Empire, the Hausa Fulani Empire, the
Jukun Empire, the Nupe Empire, Benin Empire and more… these were great Nations
and they exist till today being headed by traditional rulers who still kept
tenaciously to the tenets of their own traditional sovereignty, mutual suspicions
and détente of being dominated and marginalized in the schemes of things. To
solve this the federal government came up with the federal character in
allotting appointments, funds and investments on state/ regional basis.. this
have worked for a while…and this is expected to collapse with time into the new
height of a true nationhood, were it doesn’t matter where you come from you can
aspire and lead any part of the country… this will take time but can be achieved… it
can be aided by adequate legislations as in what the Senate are proposing to
replace in the constitutional amendment the issue of State/ place of Origin
with that of new requirement of state or place of residence…if this new
constitutional amendment goes through then you can contest election in any part
of the country irrespective of your tribe.. so it is possible with this new
amendment for a Hausa Man resident in Lagos to become the Governor of Lagos State,
a predominately Yoruba speaking peoples, and it will be possible for an Edo man
to become the governor of Kano state or an Ibo man becoming the governor of
Adamawa state or a Fulani from Sokoto becoming the governor of Anambra or Abia
state who are predominately Ibo speaking peoples.. That will also take time but
can be achieved…Just like the united States President Obama is an indigene of
Alaska but resident in Chicago in the state of Illinois and he contested the
Senate in Illinois state and won. And contested the presidency from Illinois
state and won.. We can achieve such nationhood in Nigeria but it will take
time.
Duke Okosun : Your Excellency ,
thank you for sparing time out of you busy schedule to coming to our studio at
ITV the best television station in Nigeria. We wish God to grant you wisdom to
be able to lead your great party in Edo state and Nigeria to making a
difference in service delivery to the masses of Nigeria and Africa in
generality…
Prince Frank Ukonga: We are most grateful
at SDMP to be part of your great success of satellite compliant policy trust of
news gathering , processing and dissemination to reaching the entire nook and
cranny of human civilization and we shall continue to support your great
efforts in providing quality interviews and events for you to showcase to the
world and on a secondary basis we promise to support your expansion on a global
scale through funding and logistics when we come to power in Edo state and in
Nigeria. Keep the flag flying…
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