Voters were confused in 2023 – NNPP gives reason for new logo

The New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, has provided an insight into why there was a need for it to effect clear changes in its logo.

DAILY POST reported on Friday that the party, on whose platform the Governor of Kano State was elected in 2023, has changed its constitution, which paved the way for changing its slogan, logo and flag.

The national chairman of NNPP, Dr Ajuji Ahmed, spoke during the official presentation of the new logo, flag and slogan of the party in Abuja on Friday.

The party presented its new logo, which will adorn ballot papers in every election in Nigeria, starting in November this year, to the Nigerian media following approval by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.

The party clarified that due to the issue of logistics, INEC will still use its old logo for the off-season September 21, 2024, governorship election in Edo State and the re-run election coming up in Kano State shortly.

“However, beginning with the November 16, 2024, off-season governorship election in Ondo State, this new logo will be on the ballot papers,” it said

Providing an insight into why there was a need to effect clear changes in its logo, the national chairman said: “Our experience in the last general elections when the old logo with its many colours posed a great challenge in the production of the ballot papers gave us a clear indication that, for the party, going forward, there was an urgent need to do something about the logo, especially. In fact, in some cases, our voters were confused by the way the old logo came out in the ballot papers across the country.

“As a party focused on going forward, we did not blame anybody; we did not go to tribunals to challenge anyone on account of the way the logo came out in ballot papers throughout the country.

“Instead, we went on a mission of dialogue and wide consultations within and outside the party, which took us to where we are today.

“Let me also use this medium to call on all State Independent Electoral Commissions, SIECs, across the country to take notice of this new development in the democratic journey of this great country. All SIECs should feature this new logo on ballot papers for local government elections in all states of the Federation.”