ND supporters call Prof. Isa Odidi to contest for President in 2007

in Kaduna, June 18, 2006

The emerging New Democrats (ND), one of the 37 Political Parties registered by INEC in Nigeria was yesterday reported to have received more than 1000 handwritten signatures from supporters from the six geo-political zones asking the Party's Chairman, Prof. Isa Odidi to join the race for the highest office in Nigeria. The letter was received by the Party's National Secretary, Dr Baba J Adamu during a meeting with ND officials in Kaduna yesterday.

The National Secretary of the ND, Dr Baba J Adamu, briefing newsmen at the end of a meeting of the party's Exco in Kaduna yesterday said the clarion call to the Chairman to contest for President in 2007 is an echo of the call by Nigerians in Diaspora and increasingly, we are constantly being approached asking the Chairman to contest. Who else better to champion the ND Strategic Economic and Infrastructural Solution for Nigerians other the our Chairman?. You will recall Prof. Isa Odidi was among the 50 special delegates appointed by President Obasanjo during the National Political Reform Conference (NPRC), and he was also in the economic committee of the conference, so therefore, we shall gather all the signed papers and pass them on to him for his consideration.

When asked when will the party conduct its National Convention, the Secretary added: "we are looking at a period between September and December 2006, but surely you will be the first to know once NEC decides when it will take place (referring to the journalists).

The ND NEC had in May 2006 unanimously passed a vote of confidence on the Chairman, Prof. Isa Odidi-led 2007 Strategic Committee and asked it to carry on with the task of positioning the party towards 2007. The Chairman, Prof. Isa Odidi who is also the Chairman of IntelliPharmaCeutics, a leading Pharmaceutical company in Canada with a royal title of Sardauna of Zuba and recipient of numerous Awards both Scientific and Philanthropic is currently in the US, and could not be reached for comment. The new Democrats (ND) is increasingly gaining grounds in Nigeria because it promised to provide sustainable power supply to the whole nation within 3 and half years when it comes in to power, and it has elaborate economic, social and poverty-eradication programs for the nation so flamboyantly presented in its web site; www.ndnigeria.com