In its manifesto, it called for concerted efforts to improve welfare, fight for social justice and provide equality of opportunities for all citizens in Nigeria.

[4] Professor Kingsley Moghalu, former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, emerged as the presidential candidate of the party with Mrs. Umma Getso, the Deputy National Chairman of YPP, a political activist and business entrepreneur who previously co-founded the National Progressive Movement (NPM) as his vice-presidential running mate for the 2019 elections.

[5][6][7][8] Wole Soyinka, foremost playwright, and Citizen Forum, a group convened by him, supported the bid of Kingsley Moghalu.

[10] The party condemned the irregularities that marred the 2019 presidential election stressing that it was rigged in favor of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

The party said that “the intimidation, maiming and killings of about forty citizens in some States of the Federation such as Rivers, Lagos, Kaduna and Bayelsa where we can confirm that there was massive rigging by both the APC and PDP will make the 2019 elections one of the most violent in our recent history.

[21] Adamu Garba II, a former chieftain of the All Progressives Congress also abandoned the party over the cost of its nomination forms and joined the YPP.