Joshua Osih Rejects Alliances, Unveils 2025 Manifesto

“I cannot join hands with anyone who helped create the crisis in the North West and South West or fueled Boko Haram’s insurgency in the Far North,” Osih stated. “If a candidate has served this regime, contributed to our poverty, or left only when the regime no longer favored him, I cannot accept his support. It cannot happen.”

Osih’s firm rejection comes as some political observers have urged opposition unity around experienced figures such as Tchiroma and Bello Bouba. But the SDF leader insists ideological coherence and values must guide alliances, even if this weakens his chances in a fragmented race.

Alongside this declaration, Osih launched his official manifesto under the theme “5 Axes to Rescue Cameroon.” The program pledges:

• Breakthrough measures from day one: free public education through secondary school, free ID cards, release of political prisoners, and strict enforcement of bilingualism.

• 100 days to end violence in the North West and South West: conditional release of detainees, amnesty for ex-combatants, and safe school reopening.

• 365 days to restore dignity in the Far North: rehabilitating key roads, building boreholes, strengthening river dikes, and promoting irrigated agriculture.

• 1000 days to rebuild institutions: a truth and reconciliation process, constitutional conference, referendum on the state’s form, and honoring of late leaders.

• One mandate for socio-economic transformation: industrialization, one million new jobs, better healthcare, social housing, ending corruption, and fighting gender-based violence.

With this platform, Osih positions himself as a reformist alternative, promising rapid action on governance, peace, and socio-economic development. His refusal to cooperate with ex-regime officials signals a strategy based on values rather than expediency.