Red Card Movement, a Citizens movement for good governance in Nigeria has called on Nigerians not to vote for candidates of Peoples Democratic Party and All Progressives Congress in 2019 because they have failed integrity test
Just as they promise to give Nigeria a credible alternative to President Muhammdu Buhari as president of Nigeria in 2019.
This was said in Ibadan on Saturday at the South West Regional launch of the Movement in Ibadan ,Oyo state capital
Addressing the audience, A former minister of Education, Dr. Oby Ezekwesili and convener of Bring Back our girls said both PDP and APC have been given red card by good citizens of Nigerians because they have contributed immensely to the failure of the system.
“Nigerians are tired of bad leadership which the nation has been experiencing since independent and that is the reasons why we are given red card to political class, When credible leaders begin to govern our LG councils, states and federal government, Nigeria will become the most productive country in the world. Nigeria will become the most competitive country in the world.
She said further that “No government that offers good governance that citizens will be given red card, , our politicians have not deliver the way the citizens expect them to deliver that is why we are redcarding the space so that right leadership can come in and change the system for better
“Citizen are being sensitized that their red card is their PVC, which they must use on election date to scrutinize the qualities that they desire , if the quality of candidates on the tickets of parties especially the new ones because PDP and APC are automatically red carded, because 99 the problems we are having is caused them so we don’t need trying to find whether they have character quality or capacity but for the new one that are coming on board their character, competence and capability must not be in doubt , any candidate on any ticket of any political party does not posses those quality should be voted out’
“ If it matters to you that we need a society that put a lot of premium on human life, on the productivity of our people, on the competitiveness of our society, on equal opportunity for our children no matter where they are from, what class they belong to then you must say red card to bad governance , you must vote for candidates with leadership qualities, character, competence and capability “ She concluded
Dr. Tony Akabuno, a co convener of Red Card Movement Nigeria said they organization has been able to sensitize the people on the need be involved in providing ethical leadership in Nigeria that will take the country away from where it is now to a greater and better height in the nearest feature .
He said , the organization will soon gather people together for summit of alternatives where 66 other political parties apart from PDP and APC will be invited to citizens coalition where they will integrate and educate on the needs to have a leaderships we are going to have a summit that will create a political class that will replace the decadence of the PDP and APC
