Labour Party’s The Only Real Progressive Party, Others Are Pretenders, Says Nwanyanwu

National chairman of Labour Party, Chief Dan Nwanyanwu, has revealed
that some aggrieved governors from other political parties, which he
did not mention, are planning on joining the LP.
Nwanyanwu said the LP had become the toast of politicians lately,
adding that the discussion betweenhim and former Ogun State governor,
Otunba Gbenga Daniel, who is on the verge of decamping to the party
from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), was fruitful.
Information Nigeria reports that Mr. Daniel and a retinueof his aides
paid a visit to the LP national secretariat inAbuja last week where it
was reported that he finalized the modalities for the eventual
movement of his party structures from thePDP and Peoples Party of
Nigeria (PPN) to LP.
According to Nwanyanwu, LP, which has only one governor – Olusegun
Mimiko of Ondo State – and federal as well as state legislators on its
platform, said the party is the only existing progressive political
party in the country.
He cited the level playing field that exists for all candidates vying
for political offices on its platform saying even Governor Mimiko
underwent the process of party primaries.
"When Governor Olusegun Mimiko was going to run for a second term, we
did not impose him on the electorate. He went throughprimary to become
our candidate", he said adding that the same process would repeat
itself in the forthcoming gubernatorial elections in Anambra State.
Already, the Chief Executive of Capital Oil and Gas Company Ltd. and
philanthropist, Dr. Ifeanyi Uba, has picked up the nomination form of
the party.
Nwanyanwu berated other political parties that claim tobe progressives
for endorsing candidates for the election that is still far away
(November 16), asking "Is that progressive or imposition? These
parties are fake progressives" he asserted.
Speaking on governors, whoare looking to join the LP, hesays, "I can
tell you that we have so many people, including governors who are
talking to us and our doors are open to them."