The New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP) has unveiled its new party logo, constitution and flag as part of moves to reposition for better electoral delivery.
Party’s national leader and former presidential candidate, Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, during the unveiling ceremony in Abuja, explained that the new logo contains an academic cap sitting on a book and it has replaced the former logo of the opposition party which had a basket of agricultural fruits embedded in a symbol of the Nigerian map.
According to Kwankwaso, the white background on which the logo stands “symbolizes peace for which the party is known. NNPP stands for peace and that is why despite all provocation in Kano, we have remained peaceful and we urge our supporters to continue to be peaceful.”
The former Kano State governor expressed hope that the new logo would be easily identified by party supporters across the country, even as he regretted the difficulties encountered by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in printing the NNPP logo in the 2023 ballot papers would be a thing of the past.
National chairman, Dr Ajuji Ahmed, disclosed that the new logo would feature in the off-season election in Edo and Ondo States and the re-run election in Kano State later in the year.
Beginning with the November 16, 2024 off-season Governorship election in Ondo State, this new logo will be on the ballot papers. Voters in the states mentioned above, Edo, Kano, and Ondo States should take note.
“The party’s experience in the last general elections when the old logo with its many colours posed a great challenge in the production of the ballot papers gave us a clear indication that, for the party, going forward, there was an urgent need to do something about the logo especially. In fact, in some cases, our voters were confused by the way the old logo came out in the ballot papers across the country.
“As a party focused on going forward, we did not go to Tribunals to challenge anyone on account of the way the logo came out on the ballot papers throughout the country. Instead, we went on a mission of dialogue and wide consultations within and outside the party, which took us to where we are today.”
Ahmed called on all state electoral commissions to feature the party’s new logo in ballot papers for local government elections in the upcoming poll. He added that the logo has since been ratified by the National Executive Committee of the party, and its organs at the national convention which was held in April.
Also, the Secretary, NNPP Board of Trustees (BoT), Buba Galadima, noted that the governing All Progressives Congress (APC) has done a good campaign for the party with regard to the way and manner it has managed the economy of the country, urged those wishing to join the opposition party to brace up for the challenges ahead, adding that “nothing good comes easy. So, whoever hopes to belong to this party must have at the back of his mind that it is not an easy journey.
“It is a struggle for emancipation that must be fought with all the strength and all the veracity of the human person such that what we find ourselves in today would be washed away by the tsunami come 2027.”
Galadima, who explained that the white colour in the new logo represents peace, however, underscored the importance of peace to the development of the country.
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