ADC leadership during a meeting on Wednesday in Abuja
African Democratic Congress (ADC) was officially unveiled on Wednesday as the platform for the National Coalition of Political Opposition Movement, with Senator David Mark as its interim National Chairman.
Mark declared that the coalition’s mission transcends gaining political power in 2027, but rather to offer Nigerians a path to security, prosperity, peace, and progress.
Mark emphasized that the coalition is a concerted effort to rebuild the pillars of Nigeria’s democracy and prevent the country’s descent into a one-party state.
“Having adopted ADC, we commit ourselves to building and transforming it into a strong political party, not merely as another electoral vehicle but as a fortress and platform of our revived democracy,” he said.
Mark described the ADC as a party that recognizes the experience of the old and the energy of the youth.
“It will be a party of equal stakeholders, equal joiners, and equal owners. It is the great house into which all patriots are invited,” he added.
He emphasized that the coalition arrangement is a bold and new path of unity over division, service over slogans, action over excuses, compassion over inhumanity, transparency over opacity, inclusion over nepotism, performance over empty promises, rule of law over impunity, and justice over inequity.
Mark stated that the coalition’s mission is a long-term commitment to rebuild the guardrails of democracy, anchor power in the will of the people, and hand to future generations a nation worthy of their talents and dreams.
“Our mission transcends any electoral calendar,” he added.
The former Senate President urged all Nigerians to join the ADC, saying, “Here is the new big tent into which all patriots are invited.”
He emphasized that the journey ahead would be long, difficult, and tedious, but the coalition is prepared to undertake it, united in their collective belief that no price or sacrifice is too high in the service of Nigeria.
NAN
