dejiogundipe:
Very brilliant man. I believe he will lead APDA to places.

Please what brilliance has he shown?

Simply stating the obvious things that any politician would say at any time and you think he is brilliant.

Well, Happy Holiday to you all!

Ok

dejiogundipe:
Very brilliant man. I believe he will lead APDA to places.

Please what brilliance has he shown?

Simply stating the obvious things any politician would say at any time and you think he is brilliant.

Well, Happy Holiday to you all!

The party will obviously not produce a President
PDP and APC rules

I expected more

The same group of dumb a.ss nigg.as. no vision, no goal. Same ol trash

The same group of dumb a.ss nig.g.as. no vision, no goal. Same ol trash

Party formed by foolish corrupt old politicians & advertised by idiot young fool!

Dont forget that APC asked foolish Nigeria to donate in support of buhari 2015 election, whats the result?

The same idiot thats trying to sell this nonsense brand APDA, supported APC back then before he moved to PDP!

Before we can agreed that a party is meant for the youth, their presidential candidate must not be more than 45years but am sure that they already have one old fool that they will try to use as their presidential candidate.

APDA IS DEAD ON ARRIVAL!

TonyeBarcanista:
Mohammed Shittu is the chairman of Advanced Peoples Democratic Alliance, (APDA) one of the new five parties recently issued certificates of registration by the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC). He speaks with TAIWO AMODU on the mission of his party, as politicians regroup for 2019 elections


HOW prepared are you for the 2019 general election? We also learnt certain people in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are funding the APDA, only waiting to join when the coast is clear?

As social democrats, we believe that issue of being stooge for some people isn’t the issue. The issue we have on ground now is that as a party, we are raising our heads high and we are ready to absorb anybody who shares the same ideology with us. Whoever we know, even if he is the sitting president who shares our ideology and we know that he will carry out our manifesto, we are ready. So, our hands are open. To answer the first leg of your question, we are prepared for 2019.



Walking into your secretariat, the impression one gets is that you are just around to test the waters, waiting for those who will jump the ship in the All Progressives Congress (APC) or the PDP and ultimately, pick your bill?

I want to tell you: the PDP we started in very obscure place, we started with Alhaji Bamanga Tukur’s property on Airport Road here (Abuja). Even the present Wadata Plaza, we were using a three bedroom, where we had other tenants using the building, but at the end of the day, it won the 1999 presidential election. So, it isn’t about a property. Party is people.



But, who are the forces behind the new party, because there has been insinuations that certain members of the Senator Ahmed Makarfi faction of the PDP are the financiers?

I have told you that even to the president of this country, our doors are open.



Meaning that you may even adopt Buhari as your candidate in 2019?

No, what we are telling you is that it isn’t necessary that he must contest under our party; we can share our views, share ideology. In a civilised society, the opposition party can share same ideology with a sitting president in another party.



So, what is APDA’s ideology? What do you intend to do differently from the ruling party, the APC and the PDP, which was in the saddle for 16 years?

We intend to put food on the table of Nigerians; we intend to improve on our social security: housing. Then we intend to put a comparative advantage of each state, so that each state can catch on that then we start our industrialization, because we must industrialize to be able to create employment. It isn’t for government to create employment. Again, instead of calling ourselves Afro-centric in foreign policy, we shall look at policy that suits us. These are what we must do. We must be able to stop this growing agitations by empowering the people and then make sure that education and agriculture are taken care of by the federal government. States should depend on their cash crops and solid minerals resources by taking comparative advantage of what they have in their state.

Take Maiduguri for instance, if you clear Sambisa Forest today and start gum Arabic plantation, it will employ millions of youths. It has value chain: from harvesting, processing to importation. It will add to our foreign exchange earnings. You can go to Ondo State, put up Cocoa plantation. From plantation, you establish processing plant, it will go into marketing and exportation. This will create jobs. You must be practical in not just saying it in the papers. As a party, these are some of the little things we want to do. It is simple but it gives life, it grows the economy and it can change the country by discouraging importation.



Are you sure Nigerians are ready to accept the APDA in 2019?[b]

We know we will win. People say our political parties lack ideology.



[b]What is your take?

Well, that’s what we are bringing on board.



So, what is the ideology of the APDA?

We are social democrats. We are for welfare of the state.



You said your doors are open to everybody, but how do you sieve to ensure that it is only those who share your ideology that are taken on board?

We are introducing electronic registration, we are introducing voting in our primary and e-payment to ensure transparency. We are saying, don’t bring a billion to us. Rather, our election, even if you want to be the president of this country, go back to your ward. So, from your ward to local government and if you win there, come to state and from your state, to federal. That way, we are sieving them because if you start from ward, it gives you sense of belonging, you know their needs and when you get to Abuja, you know you are going back to them.



How soon are you making your presence felt in 36 states of the federation?

You are a journalist. Call other states, activities are going on there. Before you came, I have talked to not less than 10 state chairmen.



How do you convince Nigerians that this platform isn’t another PDP?

By our actions. No party has been able to introduce electronic voting that we are bringing into party primaries. People are knocking doors, we aren’t sleeping. We aren’t a party that will think that we are going to buy votes. I have told you that we want to deemphasise money in politics. We are going to introduce bill in the national assembly to make it a crime to distribute gift like rice during election campaigns, because whoever didn’t give you money or gift during campaign you have the confidence to push for his recall.
http://tribuneonlineng.com/mission-politics-shittu-apda-chairman/

wetin concern me

They want to tell us another story again oooo! God forbid!...Am not voting anyone again in this country.

These people had started to sell us another dummies, the last one we brought our change still hanging in the air, never drop.. I am very scared to concur or exchange excised my thumb for London base President..

TonyeBarcanista:
Mohammed Shittu is the chairman of Advanced Peoples Democratic Alliance, (APDA) one of the new five parties recently issued certificates of registration by the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC). He speaks with TAIWO AMODU on the mission of his party, as politicians regroup for 2019 elections


HOW prepared are you for the 2019 general election? We also learnt certain people in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are funding the APDA, only waiting to join when the coast is clear?

As social democrats, we believe that issue of being stooge for some people isn’t the issue. The issue we have on ground now is that as a party, we are raising our heads high and we are ready to absorb anybody who shares the same ideology with us. Whoever we know, even if he is the sitting president who shares our ideology and we know that he will carry out our manifesto, we are ready. So, our hands are open. To answer the first leg of your question, we are prepared for 2019.



Walking into your secretariat, the impression one gets is that you are just around to test the waters, waiting for those who will jump the ship in the All Progressives Congress (APC) or the PDP and ultimately, pick your bill?

I want to tell you: the PDP we started in very obscure place, we started with Alhaji Bamanga Tukur’s property on Airport Road here (Abuja). Even the present Wadata Plaza, we were using a three bedroom, where we had other tenants using the building, but at the end of the day, it won the 1999 presidential election. So, it isn’t about a property. Party is people.



But, who are the forces behind the new party, because there has been insinuations that certain members of the Senator Ahmed Makarfi faction of the PDP are the financiers?

I have told you that even to the president of this country, our doors are open.



Meaning that you may even adopt Buhari as your candidate in 2019?

No, what we are telling you is that it isn’t necessary that he must contest under our party; we can share our views, share ideology. In a civilised society, the opposition party can share same ideology with a sitting president in another party.



So, what is APDA’s ideology? What do you intend to do differently from the ruling party, the APC and the PDP, which was in the saddle for 16 years?

We intend to put food on the table of Nigerians; we intend to improve on our social security: housing. Then we intend to put a comparative advantage of each state, so that each state can catch on that then we start our industrialization, because we must industrialize to be able to create employment. It isn’t for government to create employment. Again, instead of calling ourselves Afro-centric in foreign policy, we shall look at policy that suits us. These are what we must do. We must be able to stop this growing agitations by empowering the people and then make sure that education and agriculture are taken care of by the federal government. States should depend on their cash crops and solid minerals resources by taking comparative advantage of what they have in their state.

Take Maiduguri for instance, if you clear Sambisa Forest today and start gum Arabic plantation, it will employ millions of youths. It has value chain: from harvesting, processing to importation. It will add to our foreign exchange earnings. You can go to Ondo State, put up Cocoa plantation. From plantation, you establish processing plant, it will go into marketing and exportation. This will create jobs. You must be practical in not just saying it in the papers. As a party, these are some of the little things we want to do. It is simple but it gives life, it grows the economy and it can change the country by discouraging importation.



Are you sure Nigerians are ready to accept the APDA in 2019?[b]

We know we will win. People say our political parties lack ideology.



[b]What is your take?

Well, that’s what we are bringing on board.



So, what is the ideology of the APDA?

We are social democrats. We are for welfare of the state.



You said your doors are open to everybody, but how do you sieve to ensure that it is only those who share your ideology that are taken on board?

We are introducing electronic registration, we are introducing voting in our primary and e-payment to ensure transparency. We are saying, don’t bring a billion to us. Rather, our election, even if you want to be the president of this country, go back to your ward. So, from your ward to local government and if you win there, come to state and from your state, to federal. That way, we are sieving them because if you start from ward, it gives you sense of belonging, you know their needs and when you get to Abuja, you know you are going back to them.



How soon are you making your presence felt in 36 states of the federation?

You are a journalist. Call other states, activities are going on there. Before you came, I have talked to not less than 10 state chairmen.



How do you convince Nigerians that this platform isn’t another PDP?

By our actions. No party has been able to introduce electronic voting that we are bringing into party primaries. People are knocking doors, we aren’t sleeping. We aren’t a party that will think that we are going to buy votes. I have told you that we want to deemphasise money in politics. We are going to introduce bill in the national assembly to make it a crime to distribute gift like rice during election campaigns, because whoever didn’t give you money or gift during campaign you have the confidence to push for his recall.
http://tribuneonlineng.com/mission-politics-shittu-apda-chairman/

They intend to put food on the table, how??
They intend to provide social security, how??
They intend to provide housing, how??
Why do we have so many dumb politicians.

so it u?

States should depend on their cash crops and solid mineral resources ✓
Liquid mineral resources?

Another criminal party. See D nonsense and simple questions D journalist is asking.

jpphilips:

They intend to put food on the table, how?? They intend to provide social security, how?? They intend to provide housing, how?? Why do we have so many dumb politicians.

Don't mind them. Fake party. APDA my a*s.

same politics

Read the interview and saw zero innovative ideology or presentation befitting of a national leader. Perhaps I might get to see a more concise interview later on.

When I read about countries such as Singapore, Cape Verde (Independence 1975), the city of Hong Kong, Monaco, Lichtenstein, et al on Wikipedia, I wonder what miracle will transform the country into a developed nation. Many times I still come to the conclusion that nations are better managed as smaller entities. Smaller conglomerations of highly educated, highly productive citizens, equally governed by intelligent, innovative, firm and upright leaders. Not deep-pocketed administrators with nothing positive to offer. No offense.

PqsMike:
Same people but different day..b

Meanwhile, this EFCC is something else

LMAO!

Mtcheeeeeeeeeeew

The marriage between APC and PDP gave birth to APDA
Awon oloriburuku

I tot this party na ipob party, how comes a northerner is the chairman. Igbos no get value for naija sha. E oleje presidenti ti Jesu o fide.

TonyeBarcanista:
I have told you that even to the president of this country, our doors are open.

These guys are not serious