A former Speaker, House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, says until the African Democratic Congress, ADC, brings alternatives, it won’t be taken seriously ahead of the 2027 general elections.
Dogara made this statement in an interview on ‘Sunday
Politics’.
He said he has not heard any discussion from the ADC that
centred on the people, adding that all he hears is anger about one or two
things.
“What vision or idea are they rallying behind? I have yet to
see that. Until they bring alternatives to what the President is doing—and we
look at them critically and see they are better than what we have—we cannot
take them seriously.
“In the absence of that, everyone knows it is just gimmicks
that will take them nowhere,” he said.
Recall that in July 2025, the opposition coalition adopted
the ADC as its platform ahead of the 2027 general elections.
It has former Senate President David Mark as national
chairman; former Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola as National Secretary;
while ex-Minister of Sports, Bolaji Abdullahi is the National Publicity
Secretary.
Other prominent members are ex-Vice President Atiku
Abubakar; ex-presidential candidate, Peter Obi; former ministers, Rotimi
Amaechi and Rauf Aregbesola; the immediate past governor of Kaduna State, Nasir
El-Rufai, and ex-Senate President David Mark, among others.
The party has, however, vowed to flush out the APC from
power next year, citing the rising levels of poverty and economic hardship in
the country.
But Dogara said members of the coalition should go beyond
such rhetoric.
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