Nigerians want GPN as APC, PDP have failed them - Darlington

- Nigeria's ruling party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have failed the country

- This is the opinion of an expert in conflict management and resolution, Iyoha John Darlingtom

- Darlington is also the international media aide to the Green Party of Nigeria (GPN)

Nigeria's ruling party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have been described as failures.

The statement was made by Iyoha John Darlington, an expert in conflict management and resolution.

Darlington also doubles as an international media aide to the newly formed Green Party of Nigeria (GPN).


Darlington says the Green Party of Nigeria is the best alternative for Nigerians. Photo credit: GPN

In an interview with select journalists, Darlington speaks on the situation of the country, plans of the party to emerge as an alternative for Nigerians ahead of 2019 general election and other sundry issues.

Read the interview below:

Kindly tell us about the Green Party of Nigeria and what it represents?

For starters, there is no denying the fact we are in the middle of an epic struggle, a very challenging phase in the course of our nation's history. The ongoing struggle to regenerate Nigeria is, of course, between genuine game changers, that is to say, those who want to embrace a more progressive agenda and those who are driven by a dispiriting spectacle of threadbare ideas. Nigerians will agree with me that today our nation is at the crossroads due to leadership failures and disheartening departure from the dreams of our founding fathers. Nigeria has never been this divided by the threat of imminent disintegration staring us ominously in the face resulting from prodigal years of visionless leadership.

The Green Party of Nigeria thus became a child of necessity to rescue Nigeria and Nigerians from the death throes of misrule foisted on us by a cast of neophyte actors. We believe in a free, democratic society where the rule of law shall be vigorously pursued and upheld with a view to advancing the cause of social justice in a stable constitutional government.

The Green Party of Nigeria shall strive to fashion out a new Nigeria where the moral issues that divide us as a people shall be non-existent in order to reawaken the sense of a true Nigerian community.

What are the plans of the party for the country?

One of the most important functions of a state is to ensure the development and maintenance of a modern, efficient infrastructural base to facilitate trade, movement, communication, and commerce, provide adequate infrastructures for the citizenry to enjoy at no cost. Sad to say today that Nigeria's service infrastructures have undergone incremental depreciation, decay, and decline of Greco-Roman proportions. As you read this piece, there is most probably no running water in your taps or for the past 12 hours you have experienced power outages. If you are a motorist or a commuter who takes a ride on a public bus to work you may have probably been caught in an agonizing gridlock today resulting from washouts, potholes that could force an expectant mother into involuntary abortion.

This is very disheartening if you ask me! We have spent too much time harping on or brooding over past mistakes while we make no time to correct them and secure tomorrow for ourselves and posterity, this means bracing ourselves for even darker times ahead. It is mind-boggling how the APC-led federal government has failed to make meaningful inroads into the provision of service infrastructures to regenerate our country. Over two years into the life of this administration, there is nothing to suggest that we are on the path to recovery nor is there anything on the ground to suggest we are on the road to redemption.

Nigeria's economy is stagnant and has consequently gone comatose. We