The African Democratic Congress (ADC), said Nigeria’s economy is in shambles because “clueless managers” are in control.
ADC National Chairman Dr. Ralphs Okey Nwosu who spoke in Umuahia, Abia State at the official inauguration of the party’s state secretariat, stated that the economy went out of control after the inauguration of President Bola Tinubu’s administration in 2023.
“The problem will continue in the next seven years if APC continues in power. Nigeria will go down,” he warned.
Nwosu regretted that despite the suffocating economic condition in the country, the presidency has continued to live in self denial and blaming perceived enemies for its ineptitude.
He described Tinubu’s economic policies, as “palliative economy,” and wondered how the economy could recover when a whopping sum of N21 billion was spent on renovation of the Vice President’s official residence, N150 million per unit of SUV cars for members of National Assembly, and N94 billion on pilgrimage, in the midst of hunger and hardship in the country.
According to Nwosu, the situation was worsened by the Federal Government’s lack of connection with realities on the ground.
“A leader must own the realities on ground,” he stated, adding that “Tinubu government is living on false land.”
The National Chairman said the ADC supports the planned #EndBadGovernance protest, because the number of Nigerians committing suicide has been on the increase due to lack of money to buy food or to seek healthcare services.
He warned the Federal Government and security agencies against arresting or attacking people engaging in peaceful protest.
Nwosu said “people are already mobilised because they are hungry,” adding, “those down are not afraid of falling.”
He described ADC as “a party with a difference” which is waiting on the wings to gain power and rescue Nigeria from bad governance, which he said, began with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and has continued under the current All Progressives Congress (APC).
“In 2027, ADC will be 27 years and our flag will be hoisted in Aso Rock and most of the 36 states,” he boasted, adding, “that’s how this country can be saved”.
Nwosu urged ADC members whom he described as selfless missionaries to remain steadfast in their mission to “build a great state, a great system” by taking over the reins of power in Nigeria.
