The Punch reports that the parties also agreed to work together in all elections that would come up in 2019.
Among the political parties that signed the agreement are Action Alliance, Alliance for Democracy, Africa Democratic Party, Action Democratic Party, All Grand Alliance Party, Action Peoples Party and Advanced Congress of Democrats.
According to Punch, those who signed included Better Nigeria Progressive Party, Democratic Alternative, Democratic Peoples Party, Grand Democratic Party of Nigeria, Green Party of Nigeria, KOWA Party, Labour Party, Mass Action Joint Alliance, and Masses Movement of Nigeria .
Others are the National Conscience Party, New Generation Party, National Unity Party, Peoples Alliance for National Development and Liberty, Peoples Progressive Party, People for Democratic Change, Peoples Democratic Party, Providence People’s Congress, Reformed All Progressive Congress, Restoration Party of Nigeria, Social Democratic Party, Unity Party of Nigeria, All Grassroots Alliance, National Interest Party, Nigeria Democratic Congress Party, Progressive Peoples Alliance , and Young Democratic Party, among others.
The Reformed All Progressives Congress, which is a splinter group within the ruling party, APC led by Alhaji Buba Galadima, also signed the Memorandum.
Also, another pressure group known as the Nigeria Intervention Movement, equally appended it’s signature to the agreement.
All the chairmen of the concerned political parties signed the Memorandum.
A former Acting National Secretary of the PDP, Senator Ben Obi in his opening address, said that concerned parties and associations chose to come together to salvage the nations and put to end what he called nepotism and tribalism.
On his part, former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, described the MoU signing ceremony as the beginning of the end of ‘negative change’ in Nigeria.
He said: Today’s signing of a memorandum of understanding amongst the various opposition parties including the PDP, the African Democratic Congress, the Reformed-All Progressive Congress and many other parties is a watershed moment towards the consolidation of democracy, politics of purpose and citizens centered development in Nigeria.
“I commend Prince Uche Secondus-led National Working Committee of our great party, the Peoples Democratic Party, and our National Executive Committee, for having the foresight to bring together Nigeria’s opposition parties under one big umbrella.
“I wholeheartedly endorse this exercise and look forward to a spirit of collaboration amongst ourselves as we continue the campaign for the deliverance of Nigeria from the forces of retrogression, recession, division and blame games.
“It might be a cliche, but it still remains true that unity is strength and that only team work can make the dream work. I refer to the dream of our Founding Fathers for an indivisible united country that is progressive and founded on unity and faith.
“Much work needs to be done. Sadly, in the last three years, Nigeria has become the world head quarters of extreme poverty. We must thus rub our heads and minds together to ensure that by 2019, extreme poverty is on its way to becoming history even as we usher in extreme peace, progress and prosperity in its place”.
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