The national chairman of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) Ralph Nwosu, has said that the present administration of Muhammadu Buhari was the worst in recent history of the country.
Nwosu who was speaking at the party’s Secretariat in Lagos, during activities celebrating the 58 anniversary of the country lamented that the country had witness monumental riot in all sectors since the administration assumed office in 2015.
He berated the Buhari’s administration for failing to tackle the killings across the country, stressing that the administration does not deserve as second term in office.
“The current adminstration has failed and he should not be reelected he does not deserve a second term in office. Right from his days has a military ruler, the president have always been a disruptional leader.
” The country is more divided now than when he came to office, look at the killings who have been reprimanded? There is sadness in the land has we marked this independence day”.
Speaking earlier, the Lagos State chairman of the party, Tunde Daramola, disclosed that the party was ready to absorb Governor Akinwunmi Ambode has its governorship aspirants if he was denied the All Progressives Congress (APC) gubernatorial ticket.
Daramola expressed happiness with the press conference Governor Ambode granted over the crisis in the party on Sunday, saying that Lagos been ruled by a cabal.
According to him, “We thank Governor Akinwunmi Ambode for what is happening in Lagos State APC. Revolution normally starts from within. We have a cabal that is ruling Lagos State in the APC. This cabal consists of just five people, but I will not mention names. So, it is good that Governor Ambode is fighting them.
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“The cabal has stifled Ambode to the throat. Residents of Lagos State should support him. We will welcome Ambode to our party if he decides to cross over, but we will not give him an automatic ticket, he will have to compete with other aspirants for the governorship ticket.”
On the 58th independence of Nigeria, Daramola said that it was shameful that the country has not moved forward over the years, adding that though the country has enough resources, it has problem of leadership.
The chairman stated that Nigerians have been taken for a ride for too long, and that the people have failed to claim their rights.
He stressed that what the nation needed was restructuring, saying that its structure was defective and that the people must claim their rights now.
“People thought former president Goodluck Jonathan was a fool for introducing card reader into our electoral system. This is what has helped in our previous elections and it is helping till today.
“However, we need restructuring and we should use our resources for development purposes.
“We are celebrating 58 years of independence with nothing to show for it whereas countries such as Singapore and Indonesia that got independence at the same time with us are no longer regarded as developing, they are now called developed countries.
“I was in Vietnam five years ago and I felt like crying with the level of development there. There is nothing to write home about in Nigeria. Agriculture and petroleum industries are zero. We now buy fuel at N145 per litre.
“I used to earn N17,000 per annum many years back and I was able to buy a brand new Santana Car and I had a driver. If you earn N1 Million per month in Nigeria today, even your one year salary cannot buy a new car,”
Speaking further, Daramola stressed that the country had stagnated since Independent because of bad leadership, adding that present leaders were not different from the colonial masters.
He said: “policemen guard our politicians and leaders just as constables were guiding colonial masters in those days. Women and youths should wake up and fight for their rights.
“We are not calling for violent revolution. With civil revolution they can be part of the decision making in the country. People cannot have three square meals in Nigeria now because of poverty.
“We give free nomination forms to both women and youth in ADC. Some youths that are over 30 years of age in Nigeria are still jobless 10 years after graduating from the universities. That is why we organise advocacy programmes for the youth and women as a party based on our resources.”
