Major Shakeup In Delta Political Landscape As ADC Unveils Coalition, Vows to reclaim Nigeria’s lost glory•ADC is not a mere political party, it is a movement – Onochie•Says Nigeria is in Isolation from other nations of the world

*ADC is determined to win the 2027 general election – Hon. Akpovoka

By Ogbagah Matthias

“As it is today, Nigeria has no ambassador anywhere in the world. If our people in diaspora are having issues, who will speak for them, or to whom do they go? As we speak, embassy buildings across the nation have not been renewed in their yearly renewals.
“Our nation is in isolation from other nations of the world, which is why Donald Trump can talk to us anyhow. Incompetent leadership and lawless government are the bane of our country, Nigeria”

ASABA – Ahead of the 2027 general elections, the political atmosphere in Delta State was charged on Saturday as the African Democratic Congress, ADC, unveiled its coalition partners in the State, with a vow to reclaim Nigeria’s lost glory.

Speaking during the coalition unveiling ceremony, former Chairman of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Lauretta Onochie, who is also a former Special Assistant on Digital and Social Media to ex-President Muhammadu Buhari, said Nigeria was worth fighting for.

According to her, ADC was not merely a political party. “It is a movement; our vision is to build a country where leadership is responsible, where institutions are strengthened, and where every Nigerian is safe”, she said.

“Nigeria as a nation is engulfed in acute Poverty, hunger, and diseases has take over all our country, parents can no longer provide three square meals on table, our children are driven away from school now and then because parents can no longer afford to pay their children or wards school fees, even buying of fuel in our cars has becomes a problem.

Lamenting further, she said, the problem is not peculiar to individuals alone, Federal ministries are not funded, federal agencies are left dead with nothing to run their agencies am talking about the appointees of government how can they work for us, federal institutions across the nation with leaders appointed for them are left with nothing to run their establishment.

“Our nation is in isolation from other nations of the world, which is why Donald Trump can talk to us anyhow. Incompetent leadership and lawless government are the bane of our country, Nigeria, she noted.

Speaking during the coalition unveiling ceremony held in Asaba, the Delta State capital, Chairman of the party in the State, Mr. Austine Okolie, emphasised the need for Nigeria to rise and shine again and take its rightful place as the pride and giant of Africa.

Speaking further, he observed with dissatisfaction that every sector of the country’s economy was in distress, he said human capital development was “declining.
According to him, hunger and insecurity have become the order of the day; our roads are crumbling, power supply is unstable, healthcare is unaffordable, education is underfunded, unemployment is fueling crime, and our infrastructure is decaying, he noted.
His words: “Leadership failure has become a norm. The welfare of our citizens, which should be the highest priority, has been ignored. And so, we must ask: how did we get here?”
He, however, urged Nigerians not to lose hope, saying that the ADC was out with an answer of hope, credibility, and purposeful leadership.

Okolie maintained that the party was determined to restore the soul of the nation, calling on Deltans and all well-meaning Nigerians “to join us in this national rescue mission under the banner of the ADC, the only credible alternative political platform that bears the symbol of the handshake of total redemption with a renewed mantra, Arise and Shine Nigeria.”
“We cannot achieve this by sitting on the fence. There is strength in unity. The people have now united under ADC to redeem the image and dignity of our great nation.”

Speaking on behalf of the coalition partners, former aspirant for the House of Representatives seat for the Ughelli North/Ughelli South/Udu Federal Constituency, Chief Julius Akpovoka, said the party was determined to win the 2027 general election.
He noted that with the coalition, the ADC “has over 200,000 members in the State. We will do more to ensure that we have more than 500,000 members and once we have that, we are home and dry.”