CPP Names Ovienmhada As Presidential Candidate

Uzo Chikere

The Citizens Popular Party (CPP) last Sunday in Lagos presented to the public Mr. Michael Ovienmhada as its presidential candidate for the 2015 elections.

Speaking at the event which witnessed a modest gathering of supporters, Ovienmhada pledged that his emergence on the political scene in pursuit of the presidency was a promise of hope for Nigerians as his administration if in place come 2015, would ensure that qualitative education from kindergarten to SS3 in every community across the land.

According to him, education being the fulcrum of human development, no child should go to school without a computer, shoes, nor travel more than half a mile to attend school, adding that the past glory of teacher training institutes to guarantee the availability of well trained teachers would be restored.

Turning to the youths of this country, Ovienmhada promised that an education bank would be established with a view to offering loans to students to pursue their education right from the time they pass the Joint Admission Matriculation Board (JAMB) examination to graduation. The loan he said, will be in 20 years after graduation.

Unemployment will be vigorously addressed through investment in agriculture under his adminstrtion. Said he: “We will stem this tide by making the right investment in agriculture which has the longest value chain for job creation. We will make agriculture youth-friendly by building agricultural cities complete with modern amenities and internet in collaboration with telecommunications companies.

“We will move all the amenities you enjoy in the city to these new communities and we will give agriculture a swagger. Agriculture has a very long value chain and it is the most suitable for mass job creation.”

Earlier in his address, the National Chairman of CPP, Chief Sam Eke, noted that the motive of the party was to bring about change in the polity, pointing out that does not believe in what he described as money bags to cause the much needed change.

Chief Eke who described the party’s flag bearer as a humble and intelligent person stated that CPP is gender considerate, explaining that the place of women in the scheme of things in the party was guaranteed.