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From Okwe Obi, Abuja
The New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) has dismissed criticisms trailing the change of the party’s logo and slogan.
The National Working Committee of the party, during its convention last week in Abuja, adopted a new logo and slogan, which it said aligned with the vision of the party to promote education and human capital development.
NNPP South West Zonal Chairman, Prince Ademola Ayoade, in a statement, yesterday, lambasted two of the party’s chieftains, Adebisi Olopoeyan and its Publicity Secretary, Kilamiwaye Badmus, for questioning the changes.
Ayoade contended that the duo spoke either out of ignorance or a deliberate intent to mislead the public and cause disaffection within the party.
According to Ayoade, the change of the logo was duly deliberated upon by the National Working Committee (NWC), approved by the National Executive Committee (NEC) and ratified by the National Convention as part of the Constitutional amendment carried out by the party, adding that due democratic process was followed.
“The whole objective of this unfortunate orchestration in their media statement was to discredit the NNPP national leadership but they have failed woefully in their assignment.
“Of course, reading between the lines, it is obvious that they are being used by our political opponents. It is a cheap blackmail to cause disaffection within the party.
“The change in logo was exigent as Olopoeyan admitted and the process as part of our constitution amendment went through the NWC, NEC and National Convention for ratification. So it passed through due democratic process.
“Their actions are therefore false, misleading, malicious and should be disregarded by the public”.
On the legality or otherwise of the recent NNPP convention, the Zonal Chairman said it also went through the normal democratic process, noting that contrary to the “reckless assertion”, there was no court order barring the convention as previous cases instituted against the party’s leadership were thrown out as lacking in merit.
“The convention was actually postponed till last Saturday due to obedience to a court summons which was disposed of by the court.
“But Olopoeyan’s claims here are understandable because he’s acting out the script of his paymasters”.
“We, therefore, charge our members to rededicate themselves to the challenge of national renewal which will entail mass mobilisation and propagation of the idea that government can and should make life more abundant for the people through pro-people policies and programmes,” he said.
