2023: Keep Hope Alive with NNPP, Nesiama tells the People of Delta South
Warri_____ The New Nigeria Peoples Party Senatorial Candidate for Delta South Senatorial District, Commodore Omatseye Nesiama (Rtd) has called on the people of the district to keep hope alive because their desired change lies with the NNPP.
Speaking in a Radio telephone interview with Taiwo Olapade of” Voice of the People 90.3 FM, on Monday 13th of June in Lagos, the “Commodore of Hope” said he has come with something better, something innovative, devoid of the old order, that the PDP and APC stood for.
“Currently, we have a system that is dictated by the leaders, led by the leaders, directed by the leaders, listening to nobody and doing what they want, not what the people want,” Nesiama said.
He said the people of Delta State, particularly the south senatorial district are tired of the old ways that has brought nothing, but untold hardship on them, stating that, they desire a new representation that is purposeful and progressive, which his candidacy and the NNPP stands for.
Although the PDP has held sway since 1999, Commodore Nesiama is confident that the NNPP will defeat the ruling PDP in the Delta South come February, 2023 and he therefore called on the 1.2 million voting population in the 85 wards cut across the eight local government areas of the district, to vote for the NNPP as this will bring about the needed restoration.
Below are excerpts from the Radio Interview:
Radio Host: All right. Good morning. Welcome to another edition of issues in the news coming to you live on your radio station of choice, 90.3 FM voice of the people V O P 90.3 FM. My name is Taiwo Olapade. Today on the program issues in the news, we’re still talking about politics, politics, politics. We know at the moment in the country the leading story, the running story that we have been dealing with in the last couple of weeks is still politics and we go the way of politics today. This morning we will be talking to the candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party, Mr. Omatseye Nesiama who happens to be a retired Commodore. Mr. Omatseye Nesiama will be joining us very soon via telephone on the show. He is the candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party for Delta South Senatorial District.
Radio Host: Mr. Omatseye Nesiama, Hello, good morning and welcome to the show.
Omatseye Nesiama: Good morning. I’m very proud and happy to be part of the show.
Radio Host: Can you quickly tell us, how is Delta state at the moment? How is Delta state this morning?
Omatseye Nesiama: Delta State is good and well. Like they say in the usual security parlance, it is cool and calm, everybody is anxious and everybody is waiting, people are strategizing for the forthcoming elections. We’re just waiting for INEC to do their thing and give us the go ahead to commence our work.
Radio Host: Okay Retired Commodore Nesiama, from my research, I’ve discovered that your Senatorial District, Delta South has quite a number of local government areas, eight local government and 85 wards within this local government, the voting population is 1.2 million voting population. Is that right?
Omatseye Nesiama: Yes, that’s about right. You know, these things keep shifting. By the time we are set to go, we will know the exact statistics that we’ll be working with. For now, we will take the figure you’ve given as right.
Radio Host: When it comes to politics in Nigeria, at the moment we know that the two dominant political parties since the return of democratic rule in 1999 have been the People’s Democratic Party and the All Progressives Congress (APC) which came in 2014 / 2015, and before it, there was ACN, AC and the likes. But at the moment, we have APC and PDP. So, what are the chances of the New Nigeria People’s Party coming into limelight in Delta State, particularly when it comes to Delta South Senatorial District, what are your chances?
Omatseye Nesiama: Well, the APC came in not at the beginning of our return to democracy, it came in much later. People are already tired, very tired of the two dominant political parties, and they are one and the same. So far people have come to realize that they have their set ways of doing things. They have their set ideas of how the Country should be run and that has not led us anywhere. I’ve said from beginning that, I will not want to commence my political career in any of the existing or the current political structure. I want something different; I want something new; I want something innovative; I want something where my position, my plans, my voice, my direction could be heard and listened to. I want ideas to be taken seriously in the overall interest of the party and by extension, the country. This is exactly what has motivated me to join the New Nigerian People’s Party. The New Nigerian People’s Party, first and foremost, promotes a new Nigeria, not the Nigeria that we’ve been used to in the more than 20 years. We need a Nigeria that will be people focused, a Nigeria that will listen to the yearnings and aspirations of its constituents – the people, not the leaders. Currently, we have a Nigeria that is dictated by the leaders, led by the leaders, directed by the leaders, listening to nobody and doing what they want, not what the people want. We want a new Nigeria that is purposeful and progressive. And I see that captured in the New Nigerian People’s Party. Beginning, even with the Party’s logo. The logo shows that the Party is one of the few parties that actually believe in one Nigeria. NNPP is one of the few parties that believes that, every Nigerian should have food on the table, that is why the logo of the party speaks about the basket of food stuff. Every Nigerian should be able to eat food in the first place. Today, we have many Nigerians not even able to afford one round meal, not to talk of a square meal. This is the problem we have. This is what I personally, along with my party seek to change. That narrative must change. And that is why we seek for a new Nigeria and anybody that seeks for a new Nigeria, that is tired of the status quo and wants something different should embrace our party.
Radio Host: The New Nigerian People’s Party looks to many Nigerians like a new political party, so to say, since we have been conversant with the People’s Democratic Party and the All Progressives Congress. Then I’ll ask a question that, what are the chances of your party in Delta State and narrowing it down to Delta South Senatorial District. At the moment we have about 23 states controlled by the ruling APC, I think about 12 or 13 by the PDP and only one other state controlled by APGA, that being Anambra state. There is no state where we have the New Nigerian People’s Party (NNPP). How bright are the chances of this party? We know we have a presidential candidate in the person of former Kano state Governor Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, but how do you think people will accept this party come 2023 general elections?
Yeah, very simple. They have tested the two major parties in the field and any right-thinking person will know that you cannot continue to do the same thing over and over and expect a different result. Now we have presented ourselves, they have a better choice. The two major parties have failed us and it is no news. We have now presented an option to Nigerians. This option is such that we are working from the grassroots. I’m not talking about the national spread at this stage.
We have not been there. We’re not boasting that we have been, but what will happen between now and February will shock every Nigerian, especially in Delta State and Delta South where I belong. My duty is to present the agenda of the party to my people in Delta South and win that Senatorial District for the party and indeed for Nigerians. Then, if every other candidate presented is also able to deliver on their task, then come 2023, we will see the spread. Already, the home state of the party’s national flag bearer, Kano State, has turned around for the NNPP. I don’t want to go into that, I’m concerned about my own area, my locality. And that is where I am pushing. If you go to Delta South today, you will hear the term ” the Commodore of Hope”, meaning that I am bringing back the hope that the people have lost over time. This Commodore of Hope is bringing that hope back to the people. Note, there is a Hope Restoration Movement that is driving this process. I came up through their activities. They are the ones actually that threw my candidacy up and have been cheering me up.
The Hope Restoration Movement is determined to restore the hope of the people to believe that a genuine change is possible. To make them believe that it is possible for politics to be played in a humane, progressive and purposeful manner. It is possible for the people’s votes to count. It is possible for people to have proper representation that is accountable and that will bring about the dividends of democracy to them. It is possible for the nation Nigeria to be great again, it is possible for a new Nigeria to emerge. All these are possible. All these possibilities start with the belief, and it is that belief that we want the people to actually acquire at this stage. Whatever we are bringing between now and when the campaign starts is to restore the belief that it is possible, the statement adds.
