About 14 political parties from the opposition, under the aegis of
Credible Alternative Alliance, on Thursday in Abuja stated that “it is
it too early” for the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari to be
relying on foreign countries for support and direction on certain
policy issues pertaining to governance.
The organisation, which
also includes 13 civil society organisations, restated their resolve to
provide a credible opposition to the All Progressives Congress.
The
parties under the umbrella of CAA include the Social Democratic Party,
Peoples Redemption Party, Fresh Democratic Party, Nigeria Advance Party,
Peoples Salvation Party, Change Advocacy Party, United National Party
for Development, Peoples Progressive Party and Action Party of Nigeria.
A
former Governor of the old Kaduna State, Alhaji Balarabe Musa; elder
statesman, Dr. Tunji Braitwaite; and former Minister of Finance, Chief
Olu Falae, expressed these feelings at a press briefing read by the
National Coordinator of CAA, Dr. Damian Ogbonna, on Thursday in Abuja.
According
to them, while they wish the new administration well, “its ability and
readiness to meaningfully govern Nigeria remain in doubt.”
The
parties said, “We note that APC appears to want to cultivate and rely
too much on the support of foreign governments. This is not good for the
sovereignty of our nation. CAA calls upon APC to rely less on foreign
support.
“The party should do more to cultivate domestic support
from political parties in the country. You cannot govern effectively
when you do so alone; it s not sustainable.
“Both the
President and other leaders of APC have been in government for decades
to warrant knowing exactly what they want to do and how they want to do
it. Even those of us here at CAA, with less than a year into our
formation, do have bold and visionary plan upon which we predicate our
drive to govern Nigeria.”
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