The Unity Party of Nigeria has picked a motivational speaker, Mrs. Helen Godswill, from Delta State, as its presidential candidate for the 2015 general elections.

Alhaji Abdulrasheed Gusau from Zamfara State has also been chosen as her running mate.

The party, which also released a list of 13 governorship candidates for the election with a promise to rescue the country “from the precipice of crisis”, said its internal wrangling had been resolved.

The 13 states in which UPN intends to field candidates are Oyo, Ogun, Delta, Kano, Sokoto, Taraba, Zamfara, Bauchi, Jigawa, Kaduna, Rivers, Cross River and Benue.

Although the National Publicity Secretary of UPN, Alhaji Bari Salau, did not disclose their identity during a press briefing held in Abuja, a top member of the party’s hierarchy told journalists that the choice was to get enough votes from women.

Another source in the Independent National Electoral Commission also confirmed the selection of Godswill and Gusau as the presidential and vice presidential candidates respectively of the UPN.

Already, the party had filed its papers at the INEC for Presidential, Governorship, National and State Houses of Assembly elections.

According to Salau, UPN has decided to keep the names of their Presidential flag bearers in the interim.

He said, “We want to inform the general public that the UPN has concluded the filling of its INEC papers for the Presidential, governorship and legislative contests in many states of the federation.

“We want to assure the generality of Nigerians at home and the diaspora that the UPN is on a rescue mission to salvage Nigeria from the state of precipice of crisis of monumental dimension caused by misrule at all levels of government controlled by the presence of mechanist politicians.

“We will establish free education so as to attack ignorance and enhance individual capacity of men and women. We will establish free healthcare services and equip our medical facilities for preventive and curative healthcare delivery. Our rural integration programme will link rural communities with urban areas.”

http://odili.net/news/source/2014/dec/19/912.html

http://www.punchng.com/news/2015-upn-picks-female-presidential-candidate/

I look forward to the day women in Nigeria can hold good elective positions,like the President of Liberia. Couple of years ago, i read how Onyeka Onwenu had to drop out of an LGA Chairmanship race because everybody wanted to bed her.

But, again Nigerian women are not helping matters too, by thinking they can bed their way into becoming wives,political positions/appointments,contracts and anything they intellectually lack the mental capacity to handle.

Even the United States with their claim of DEMOCRACY do Hillary Clinton wuruwuru, because they are not ready to answer YES SIR to a Woman.
Good luck to this lady, but i think Nigeria is not Ready for a Female Leader.

Welcome development.

its good for democracy.

UPN kwa

NPP nko?

babyosisi:
UPN kwa

NPP nko?

NPP hasn't resurrected yet

She has lost

tobechi74:
She has lost

This is harsh but True. She can't compete with the heavyweights. If she tries to be strongheaded doyin, abati and reno, the lapdogs of pdp are standby to take her down with their ridiculous janjaweedian mentality of creating kiddish propaganda. someone like doyin can tweet something like - "woman for nigeria president? Never #egpatriciaetteh"

Comedy at its peaK .......... Wish her Goodluck/Patience

Nice one Good choice to start with, atleast if she can see 160,000 votes she don try be that


#iBelieve #WeCanDoIt

#Sai Buhari
#Sai APC

Seeking for attentions... Well tell ur supporters if u get one to cast their votes for GEJ come 2015. GEJ till 2019!!!

UPN is a Political party? Really?
Do they have a Councillor?

Yes Madam. Prove to your fellow women that u can do it

Who gives a damn about who they pick, they should pick a hermaphrodite for all I care.

GMB for 2015

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UPN ko,, NNPC nii !!!

temitemi1:
Seeking for attentions... Well tell ur supporters if u get one to cast their votes for GEJ come 2015. GEJ till 2019!!!

even if i dey die. As me and my house... GMB is our choice

I would rather vote her than Buhari/Osibanjo

TeamGEJ#
Team freshAir#
TeamTransformation#

I no even read before i comment front page no easy oh

whu wan vote 4 am??
maybe her husband..
Even ha children,na GMB dy go vote 4.
Buhari/Osinbajo til 2019.

My advice for her is to step down for Buhari/Osinbajo. This countrty really need a change. Sai Buhari till 2019!

If women ruled the world, it would be so nice, no wars, nothing ...only a bunch of countries not talking to each other

Failed mission..even her fellow women wudn't vote for her....the problems of women are women

Women won't vote their kind.....

Did anyone promise the party that they will rig the election for them?
what they should be contesting is the position

Hmmmmm

PDP......try in to distract Nigerians since time immemorial

bunch of jokers.

To get enough votes from women? Ask Sarah Jibril how many votes she got from women during all the PDP primaries she participated in.

Even if late Dora (God bless her soul) were to be fielded...she would not get massive support from women.

The woman just want to gain attention so that the more competitive party like APC and PDP will sign her after the election.

Naija no need woman as president. Atleast 4 women don rule us gej,pej, alison madueke & ngozi iwela.
What we need is a strict person wey go stop corruption