Gentlemen and ladies of the Fourth
Estate, I welcome you to this Media Briefing on the current political
developments at this crucial time in the history of our great nation as we march
towards the 2019 elections.
You will recall that on the 9th
July, 2018, the People's Democratic Party (PDP) in conjunction with about 34
other Political Parties signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to field a
common Presidential Candidate for the 2019 general elections. The Parties are
also to collaborate in several other areas to ensure that the APC-led Federal
Government is defeated in the impending elections.
Let me say here for the avoidance
of doubt that we are not part of the Coalition of United Political Parties
(CUPP). ADP is the third force that will provide the Credible Alternative
Nigerians passionately yearn for to end hunger, wanton killings and executive
lawlessness.
At our inception in June 2017, we
proclaimed to Nigerians that ADP is a child of necessity that will deepen
democracy and good governance to establish the credible political platform that
will rescue the country from the imminent collapse of the political space. We
also promised that ADP will introduce a corruption free leadership selection
process that will create a new leadership class with commitment, focus and
force of will to rebuild the Country after the damage done by PDP and APC.
We vowed that we would provide an
All-inclusive Governance Model that would mobilize and unite all Nigerians to
build a new nation.
It is incontrovertible that the PDP
and APC are two sides of the same coin. For sixteen years, PDP ruled this
country with impunity and without regard to the universally accepted norms of
democracy. Stealing, misappropriation and all forms of corruption became parts
of the state policy.
ADP is not prepared to jettison its
values and constitutional provisions like the use of direct primaries as
against the often used corrupt delegate system by the other parties in the
Coalition. ADP is also not in a hurry to
hobnob with those who mismanaged Nigeria for sixteen years and now regrouping
in an un-strategic haste to resume unprecedented loot of the nation’s
treasury.
It is important to know that those
who pushed Nigeria to the precipice are the drivers of the Coalition and have
nothing new to offer. To collaborate with them, is to sleep with strange
bedfellows.
The ADP is not averse to any
political Coalition that can bring about a positive overhaul of the Nigerian
system. But this shall be done with true patriots who are not a part of the
Nigerian problem. In the desire to acquire power, we shall not compromise the
basic principles and ideology that informed our birth which includes
All-inclusiveness, Democratic Empowerment of the Youth/Womenand Party
Supremacy.
We find it extremely difficult to
compromise our principles and align with 'ANYTHING BUT BUHARI.' Let it be known
that for us, it is not negotiable that Buhari must go. He has failed and those
who love him should tell him that his time is up.
At ADP, we believe the time has
come for a generational shift in leadership and not putting old wines in new
bottles, which is what the PDP led coalition represents.
It is instructive to remember that
it was a similar ragtag coalition that brought the rudderless APC to power in
2015, so Nigerians must wake up and resist another deceit by the same desperate
and corrupt politicians.
We are committed to the birth of a
new Nigeria that offers hope to all. We shall pursue policies that will ensure
transformation in Health, Education, Infrastructure, Security, Employment etc.
What Nigeria needs is a new direction championed by true patriots. ADP is
determined to drive this process.
We shall be calling on likeminded
Patriotic, God fearing and credible Nigerians who are determined to join the
ADP led coalition to rebuild Nigeria and make our nation the pride of Africa,
fulfilling its God given potentials, purpose, and promise of happiness.
Thank you and God bless.
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