2015: FALAE, EZEIFE, OTHERS RESUSCITATE SDP

AHEAD of the 2015 general election,prominent members of the defunct Social Democratic Party (SDP),which fielded the lateChief M.K.O. Abiola as its presidential candidate in the June 12 1993 presidential election, including Chief Olu Falae, a one time presidential aspirant under the Alliance for Democracy (AD), Dr Chukwuemeka Ezeife,former governor of the old Anambra State, on Tuesday, met in Abuja to strategise with a view to resuscitating the party to participate fully in the elections.
A reliable Source closed to the meeting told the Nigerian Tribune in Abuja on Thursday that the group had already got the approval of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to operate as a full fledged political party in the country along with other registered political parties in the country.
The source revealed that the official launching and presentation of the new SDP would be performed in Abuja on August 21 this year, while full mobilisation of members across the 36 states of the federation and Abuja had commenced.
In a communique signed by the interim National Secretary of the party, Dr Abubakar Umar Gombe and made available to newsmen in Abuja on Thursday, the party said that the meeting was held to review its manifesto to ensure that all the current challenging the country as a nation were adequately addressed as it prepared to take over the governance of government at all levels come 2015.
The communique added that the meeting also considered new approaches to governance and politics in the country, especially in the areas of security, corruption, education, unemployment, agriculture, industry and infrastructure development with emphasis on power and transportation generally.
It stated that the party would also be committed in ensuring internal democracy in its fold which was lacking in all the existing political parties and as well to build hope for the hopeless Nigerians.

Others at the meeting included Honourable Oladipo Olaitan, Chief Lekan Alabi, Dr Bala Takaya, Honourable Bartcho Lyelong ,Chief Austin Nweze, Honourable Korede Duyile, Chief Jacob Afolayan, Honourable Saleh Usen and Alhaji Ibrahim Alfa among others.
Source: Tribune