Conference of Nigeria Political Parties {CNPP} in Quarterly meeting frowned at the way and manner President Umaru Musa

Yaradua conducts our foreign policy, especially placing his personal interest abo e collecti e national interest! as graphically demonstrated in his preference trip to "audi #rabia instead of attending the $eneral #ssembly of the United Nations, where the best interest of Nigeria within the international dynamic system is better ser ed% &he $eneral #ssembly is an organ of United Nations 'rganisation where each member has one ote and where resolutions are passed, where members that ser e in other organs are chosen and where presidents assert global iews during their nation(s slot at the session% )ow can we be enrolled among the first *+ countries in the world if we do not assert oursel es, &herefore the CNPP meeting notes that there is no better place to promote and protect Nigeria(s national interest and a -ust world politico.eco order than the UN $eneral #ssembly! hence in compliance with the foreign policy ob-ecti es of the nation as enshrined in "ection / of the 0/// Constitution of the 1ederal 2epublic of Nigeria% CNPP without pre-udice to our cordial relationship with "audi #rabia, maintains that on the balance of scale that Nigeria(s national interest which has nose di ed in recent times could ha e been repositioned, if President Yaradua has mounted the UN podium on "eptember *3th , reminding the world of the historic roles we had played in peace 4eeping around the world, the sacrifices in both human and material resources Nigeria has made in restoring order and nation building in #frica and other regions and our 5uest to enlist as one of the permanent members of the "ecurity Council% &he UN $eneral #ssembly is an assemblage of 0st 6le en 7 where world leaders interact, share common ision and build alliances 7 no 1oreign Minister can fill this oid, no matter how elo5uent% 8n short the primary national interest of Nigeria today is how to re i e our decayed infrastructure, reduce the gross unemployment which generates insecurity in the land% 1or this a proacti e president, his priority would ha e been to use the $eneral #ssembly as a mar4et of ideas% CNPP also notes that President Yaradua(s absence means clearly that not only Nigeria that lost her oice but #frica, as Nigeria(s oice could ha e pro ided the soothing balm to $hadafi9s bi:arre address and Mugabe(s coarse oice% CNPP is worried that e en in domestic policy! President Yaradua seems to be more obsessed with his passions, idiosyncrasies and personal preferences than that of our country% 1or e;ample, while the <irector $eneral of "tate "ecurity "er ice {"""}, Mr #% $ad:ama is raising alarm and warning the country of impeding inferno, chaos and crisis ahead of *+00 elections, the president is more concerned about how intra. crisis ahead of *+00 elections will deny P<P of ictory% 8n actual fact, President Yaradua on "eptember *3 while in "audi sent message to his party members through his =ice,( >%he also as4ed me to re5uest that the leaders at the national and state le els, the go ernors, the national leaders in all states should wor4

together because from the pre ious elections we contested, we ha e seen that the greatest problem we ha e is within the party% Most of the challenges we ha e is selecting candidates that led to a lot of people not being happy, internal protests and anti.party acti ities% CNPP needs to remind President Yaradua to desist from self ser ice and to carefully read the <$ """ 2eport and once again read the Uwais 6lectoral 2eform Committee 2eport! he will find out the two reports contain salient solutions to a oid electoral chaos and national insecurity% #ll President Yaradua needs to ma4e the elections legitimate is to harness the P<P(s o er ?++ members of "tate )ouse of #ssemblies out //+, o er *@+ members of the )ouse of 2epresentati es out of AB+ and o er ?+ "enators out of 0+/ to amend the rele ant sections of the 0/// Constitution, in line with the Uwais 2eport% &his will guarantee Nigeria genuine 6lectoral 2eform and truly independent 6lectoral Commission, only if he can act statesmanli4e% 1or the o er @+ gubernatorial P<P aspirants in #nambra "tate in a country with o er @+ political parties, has more than anything e;posed the failure of his pledge for 6lectoral 2eform% 'sita '4echu4wu National Publicity "ecretary CNPP