Olaposi Oginni, the Chairman of the New Nigeria Peoples Party in Ogun State, has stated that his political party will clinch power in Ogun State as a result of the APC’s many failures.
Speaking in an interview with the Punch, Olaposi made this known, where he also discussed the party’s plans to change the state’s narrative, the controversy around the party’s governorship candidates, and other topical issues.
Fielding question on whether the NNPP has godfather or a financially buoyant personality bankrolling it in the state, he said;
We are one of the top three parties because the incumbent governor is from the All Progressives Congress, and then the Peoples Democratic Party has been around for so many years. Another party we can talk about that is making waves is the NNPP, and I can assure you that we are the party that is ready to take over from Governor Dapo Abiodun come May 29, 2023.
We have Father God in the NNPP; we don’t have a godfather because godfatherism is what has been killing other political parties. The NNPP is a party for you, me, and everyone; it is a party where you can be whoever you want to be, a party where no one will ask where you are from, who your mother and father are, or who you know in power. NNPP is giving leverage and equal opportunity, especially to our younger ones, to take leadership. That’s what the party is all about. When we talk about godfatherism, it is not in the lexicon of the NNPP, especially in Ogun State.
As the party’s state chairman, I can say that financially, it has been God and the contributions of the members. It is about the collective responsibility of the people.
When asked about the plan of the NNPP in Ogun in the coming elections, he said;
We are going to make sure that power is returned to the people, that the local government administration is functioning, and that there will be lots of development at the rural level. We are promising that we are going to build new roads, that we are going to make all the roads in Ogun State motorable and accessible to people, and that we will make sure that we give the future of our children priority.