UNITED PROGRESSIVE PARTY (UPP)
NATIONAL SECRETARIAT, ABUJA
The United Progressive Party(UPP) has congratulated President Muhammadu Buhari on his reelection as President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria for a second term.
In a press release signed by Chief Dr. Chekwas Okorie, National Chairman on behalf of the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the UPP, the part said it was proud to associate with President Buhari “in a very robust and
pragmatic manner in the build-up and campaigns leading to your
ultimate victory.
“We recall with joy that it was on 17th August 2018,
that the National Executive Committee (NEC) of our great party met at Abuja and resolved unanimously to adopt you as our Presidential candidate for the 2019 Presidential Election. To underscore our total commitment to this resolution our party further resolved to suspend our aspiration to file a presidential candidate on our platform until the next general election in 2023.
“We conveyed this resolution to all our State, Local Government and
Ward Chapters across the country. We further brought on board other
socio-political and cultural organizaions to add to the party’s
mobilization efforts. The Igboezue Cultural Advancement Initiative is
one of the outstanding socio-political and cultural organizations that
readily came on board.
“On Friday,16th November, 2018, I led a select delegation of our party
leadership and the leadership of Igboezue Cultural Advancement
Initiative to the Presidential Villa to convey to you our resolution
in your favour and our blueprint as well as our roadmap for the
execution of our campaign programme which we pursued with greatvigour, conviction and determination to the very end of the campaigns.
“Mr President, we pledged to contribute our own quota to make your ultimate victory assume the status of a national consensus. We are proud that your victory has indeed attained that desired status. We
further predicted that your victory will be so resounding as to make
the contemplation of a petition against it to be seen by well-meaning
Nigerians as an unnecessary national distraction. We are glad that, that prediction has also been realized.
“We enjoin you as the father of all, to always remember your commitment to the formation of an inclusive government.”
The party asked the President to speedily take necessary steps to usher Nigeria into a full-blown Electronic Voting System as quickly as possible. “This holds the panacea to the hiccups that confront the
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and indeed the
Nigerian electorate at every general election. This will be a golden
and everlasting legacy for which you will be remembered by the present
and future generations during and after your second tenure as the
President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.”