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The chairman of the Young Progressives Party (YPP) in Ekiti State, Chief Olumuyiwa Filani, has said that the party will be a third force to reckon with after the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) have failed the country.
Filani, who pointed out that patriotic Nigerians will vote the party into power in the 2022 election in the state and in the 2023 general elections in the country, hinted that the party will present a youth as its gubernatorial candidate in the 2022 election in the state.
Filani, who was newly elected as the chairman of the party, was a former chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state, having resigned his membership from the ruling party, December, 2020.
Filani, a former chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti State, was newly elected as the chairman of YPP in the state, after he resigned his membership from the APC in December, 2020.
He reiterated his resignation saying, he could not continue in a party where equal treatment towards citizens in the country was a forbidden fruit.
Filani disclosed this when he received the newly elected leadership of the Ekiti State Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC) and state party chairmen at the party’s secretariat in Ado-Ekiti.
According to him, “ I have looked through several other political parties and platforms where I can make available my wealth and resources of knowledge and I found that the Young Progressive Party (YPP) is a party that her constitution goes in line with the welfare of the masses.
” I envisioned a country where all people are treated equally regardless of colour, tribe, religion and are given chance of a good life. Unfortunately, this is not the case and I can no longer standby and watch helplessly.
“It is very obvious and indeed unfortunate that all big names parties and our political elders’ generations have failed us and our noble country.”
Expressing his optimism that his party would take over power in future elections in the country, he said “Nigerians will vote for YPP come 2022 in the state and in the 2023 general elections in the country.
“The Young Progressives Party (YPP) is a third force with a radical departure from the past, and it remains the credible platform for all patriotic Nigerians. That is why it is called a Ballot Revolution Movement.”
He therefore urged all political stakeholders in the state to work together to ensure economic development as well ensure that the status quo in the state is altered.
Also speaking, the state chairman of IPAC, Hon Ifedayo Iyaniwura, commended Filani for inviting the leadership of IPAC to the event. He noted the era where tax clearance was made compulsory for political aspirants during elections were over especially during the local government elections in the State.
He, therefore, urged the Ekiti State Independent Electoral Commission (EKSIEC) to be fair, noting that it has no right to disqualify any candidate or any political party from contesting in the local government election coming up later in the year.
Iyaniwura, however, called on party leaders in the state to ensure that the nomination forms for the Councillorship candidates is free in order to encourage more robust and popular participation by the other political parties ahead of the local government election.
In his remarks, the SouthWest Zonal Secretary of Young Progressives Party (YPP), Hon Leye Ogunseyin, charged other political party leaders in Ekiti State to be awake to their responsibilities ahead of the local government election.
