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’, monitored by DAILY POST.
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.
DAILY POST recalls 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.
