The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 election, Mr Peter Obi has unfolded the agenda of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) coalition saying it is poised to break the strongholds of poverty and insecurity in Nigeria.
Obi disclosed this in a post on his X handle.
The former governor of Anambra State said the group was committed to building bridges, “not walls even when those bridges are uneasy.”
Besides, he said the coalition’s commitment “is to sacrifice and work together towards the 2027 general elections, ensuring that Nigeria gets a competent, capable, and compassionate leadership that will prioritise the nation’s future by putting the welfare of Nigerians first.”
The post reads: “Yesterday, the coalition members formally adopted the African Democratic Congress (ADC) for the 2027 Nigeria General Elections with Distinguished Senator David Mark serving as the National Chairman and H.E. Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola serving as the National Secretary.
“Our commitment is to sacrifice and work together towards the 2027 General Elections, ensuring that Nigeria gets a competent, capable, and compassionate leadership that will prioritise the nation’s future by putting the welfare of Nigerians first.
“This decision was not made lightly. It comes from deep reflection on where we are as a country and what must be done to move forward.
“No one group can change Nigeria alone. To dismantle the structures that keep our people in poverty and insecurity, we must build bridges, not walls even when those bridges are uneasy.”
The coalition comprises a motley of political heavy political figures including the former vice president, Mr Atiku Abubakar, Obi, former senate president, Mr David Mark, ex-governor of Osun State, Mr Rauf Aregbesola and his Kaduna State counterpart, Mr Nasir El-Rufai, among other some other opposition leaders..
The ADC was formally unveiled yesterday at the Yar’Adua Centre in Abuja.
At the event, Mark and Aregbesola were named interim national chairman and national secretary of the coalition, respectively.
