The All Progressives Congress (APC) has described the unveiling of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) as a coalition of politicians who cannot bear to be out of the corridors of power and patronage.
National Publicity Secretary of the party, Felix Morka in a statement issued yesterday further described ADC as a coalition of hoaxers, self-obsessed merchants of vendetta, and a roll call of “Nigeria’s me-or-nothing politicians, who equate their selfish interest with the interest of Nigerians”.
He said: “It was an unveiling of a coalition of hoaxers and self-obsessed merchants of vendetta, a roll call of Nigeria’s me-or-nothing politicians, who equate their selfish interest with the interest of Nigerians, who cannot bear to be out of the corridors of power and patronage, who are desperate to grab power for themselves by guile and subterfuge, who lay claim to an immoral birthright to power, even while draped in odious record of betrayal of public trust, and rapacious public service.”
The party spokesperson noted the speech delivered by National Chairman of ADC, Senator David Mark was disgracefully vacant, without substance or purpose.
He stressed that the speech was nothing but stitches of untruths, diatribe, and regurgitated and baseless allegations against the APC-led administration of President Bola Tinubu.
Morka added: “From beginning to end, Senator Mark said nothing about the purpose of the so-called coalition other than a loud declaration of desperation for power.
“What value does the coalition bring to Nigerians? Why should any Nigerian be concerned about a coalition of a bunch of egotistical maniacs for whom power and patronage are the oxygen on which their lives depend?
“One would have expected that, after months of vacillating between the devil and the deep blue sea, in search of a host platform, Senator Mark and his co-travelers would take Nigerians seriously enough by telling them what their coalition would do differently regarding the administration’s bold economic and sectoral policy reforms.
“What key alternative policy approaches would the coalition implement, and with what prospects of success compared to the high value and transformative impact of the administration’s reform policies? What exactly is the philosophical or ideological leaning of the coalition or its new party, aside from desperation for power at all cost, by all means necessary and unnecessary?
“Senator Mark’s speech was loud in its silence to these questions because himself and his coalition partners are disgracefully clueless, without a care or concern about Nigeria and Nigerians, only filled with wolfish quest for power for their own mendacious end.”
Morka said the opposition must think Nigerians to be gullible and uncritical. Quite to the contrary, Nigerians are highly perceptive and discerning and will not be taken in by the coalition’s grand folly.
He added that this desperation is the reason for their willful blindness to the massive structural transformation of the country’s economy that has earned the praise and admiration of local and global economic experts.
This, Morka, said was now delivering improved living conditions and benefits to our people – with GDP growth rate of 3.4 per cent; with external reserves from $4 billion in 2023 to excess $24 billion in 2024; cleared backlog of forex debt and CBN ways and means; debt service-to-revenue ratio from about 99 per cent to 40 per cent; among others.
He noted that while the coalition members remained preoccupied swimming in mud and throwing bricks, the ruling party and President Tinubu remained undisturbed and focused on using all available bricks to build a stronger, enduring and more prosperous nation.