15th November, 2010
The FCT Chairman of ACN, Mr. Sunny Monidafie, on Sunday in Abuja urged Nigerians to be supportive to opposition parties toward change in 2011.
Speaking to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Monidafie said that opposition parties could not do anything except the people changed their mindset to effect change in the country.
“It is wrong for the Nigerian people to think or say that opposition parties cannot defeat the government in power.
“Opposition parties cannot do anything to effect these changes we need except the people change their mindset. The strength of opposition parties lies with the voting populace.
“Opposition parties do not operate in isolation but in a society. They criticise the government policies and proffer alternatives for such policies,” he said.
Monidafie said that in as much as he condemned violence in politics, he advised that violence should not serve as a deterrent toward the building of the nation.
”Violence should not allow us let our country collapse, Nigerians should shun fear. Unless we go out to vote, we are building toward the collapse of our nation,†he said.
On the party’s membership registration drive, the Chairman said that ACN was performing very well in the states.
“There’s much enthusiasm at the membership registration centres because of the influx of people from other parties; it is the reason we extended the time and shifted our congresses.
The Abuja ACN chairman confirmed that the party’s congresses would begin toward the end of November.