It, hopefully, signals a new dawn considering that, for once, a truly
national opposition party which has been elusive in the Fourth Republic,
appears to have emerged to challenge the ruling party in 2015 and
beyond.
In many ways too, the merger of the once disparate opposition parties
under a unifying bloc represents a milestone in the quest for the
enthronement of genuine democracy. That the union has come at a time
when this democracy is under imminent threat of annihilation by
anti-democratic forces gives Nigerians cause to cheer. Now, they hope
that the ruling party will subsequently be held accountable and its
excesses curtailed. While also admitting that your union may not be a
gathering of saints, it nonetheless, represents a starting point.
