₦airaland Forum

Mynd44:
Even INEC Doesn't recognise the David Mark leadership.

Why are people confortable with moving into a party and kicking everyone to the side while they take charge. So those that have been there ensuring its survival are mad people or just pieces of furniture? David Mark and his co-travellers need to sit down with the chairmen and find a mid-point else the party went even field any candidate, coalition or otherwise

Starhearts:
Igbo presidency is not achievable in 2027

Knw diz .. nd have a peace of mind ..

Bitter obi will never smell aso rock gate

The All Progressives Congress, APC, has accused former Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, of attempting to impose former Vice President Atiku Abubakar as presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, at the expense of national unity.

The APC claimed that El-Rufai and his allies in the ADC were attempting to undermine Nigeria’s power rotation arrangement by pushing for Atiku’s candidacy in 2027, despite the presidency currently being held by the South.

The statement comes after El-Rufai’s recent criticism of President Bola Tinubu’s administration.

DAILY POST reports that the former governor had at a political meeting in Sokoto on Saturday reportedly described the Tinubu-led government as “incompetent and clannish”.

In a statement signed by the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka, the APC dismissed El-Rufai’s remarks.

Morka said El-Rufai and his allies in the ADC were offering no credible alternative to current policies.

According to the APC, the opposition figures lack viable policy proposals and have instead relied on what it called “headline attacks” against the government.

“El-Rufai and Atiku want to do to Nigeria what Atiku did to PDP. The El-Rufai and Atiku hijacked ADC constitute a clear and present threat to the unity, peace and progress of Nigeria,” Morka said

Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has taken a swipe at former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar over his frequent defections across Nigeria’s major political parties, saying his actions are driven by a desperate ambition to become president.

Speaking during a media parley in Abuja on Monday, Wike questioned Atiku’s political consistency and described his movement from one party to another as unbecoming, especially for someone nearing 80 years of age.


“Atiku was in the PDP in 1999, then he joined the Action Congress (AC). After AC, he returned to the PDP, later moved to the All Progressives Congress (APC), and then back to the PDP again, all in pursuit of the presidential ticket,” Wike said.

He continued with a personal jibe, “If I were his son, I would sit him down and ask: ‘Dad, how can you keep hopping from one party to another at almost 80 years old?’”

The minister said this while reacting to Abubakar’s latest defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the African Democratic Congress (ADC) as part of an emerging opposition coalition aimed at challenging President Bola Tinubu in 2027.

Wike dismissed the move, describing it as nothing more than political survival.

“The way the PDP is now, it is not likely that Atiku would get a ticket, therefore it is not comfortable. Therefore, he tells you, ‘let’s do a coalition against Tinubu.’ It’s not right,” he said.

“It is because he cannot get the presidential ticket under the PDP that he pushed for a coalition.”

jamafa:
Obi is serial liar 😂

He is found of lying 🤥

bluecircle470:
Go impeach am nah. Hatred do consume oooo

tinsel:
Atiku's supporter spotted

The African Democratic Congress has criticised the Bola Tinubu-led administration over its plan to spend more than ₦712 billion on renovating the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos.

In a statement issued on Sunday, the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Bolaji Abdullahi, described the expenditure as extravagant and a misplaced priority.

PUNCH Online reports that Tinubu, at Monday’s Federal Executive Council meeting, approved ₦712.3 billion for the upgrade of Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, under the Renewed Hope Infrastructure Development Fund.

The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Management, Festus Keyamo, announced the approval after the Federal Executive Council meeting held in Abuja on Thursday.

Keyamo said this will be the first major rehabilitation of the airport’s old terminal since its construction.

In its reaction, the ADC questioned whether the renovation project and its cost were approved by the National Assembly, labelling the spending as reckless and insensitive.

The party stated, “The African Democratic Congress strongly condemns the outrageous ₦712 billion airport renovation project announced by the Tinubu administration as another brazen act of fiscal recklessness and official insensitivity, which further confirms how far this APC government is removed from the reality of the suffering people of Nigeria.


“It is hard to understand how expending ₦712 billion into renovating an airport that already received significant upgrades in recent years makes fiscal sense in a country where public universities wallow in chronic austerity, where basic medical care, has become a luxury that only the rich can afford, where millions of Nigerians have been thrown into poverty as a result of government’s ill-conceived policies. The Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos remains functional and serviceable.


“What the aviation sector needs is not another gold-plated terminal, but proper maintenance, enhanced efficiency and the expansion of regional airports to boost real connectivity across Nigeria. Just for context, the amount of money that is being funnelled into the renovation of one airport, approximately $500 million, is the same total amount that was spent to build four new airports in Abuja, Lagos, Kano and Port Harcourt in 2014 via a Chinese loan that is yet to be repaid.

“This same Murtala Muhammed Airport had a new international terminal that was commissioned by President Muhammadu Buhari in March 2022. According to media reports at the time, the said facility was built on a landmass of approximately 56,000 square metres, with 66 check-in counters and had the capacity to process 14 million passengers annually.”

The party noted that the airport is reportedly fitted with a censored conveyor belt, seven jet bridges, ten advanced cooling systems, heat extraction units in the baggage hall, spacious duty-free areas and banks, children’s recreational zones, and a 22-room hotel for stopovers, among other features.

The ADC stressed that while the facility was originally built to handle 14 million passengers annually, available data shows it only processed 6.5 million passengers in 2024, less than half of its capacity.

It continued, “We therefore wonder if it is this same airport that is now scheduled for renovation or another one. The inescapable conclusion is either that the previous APC government had lied to Nigerians about what it did with the Lagos Airport, or the current government is about to spend such a huge amount of money on a project that already exists.


“Perhaps even more troubling is the fact that this massive expenditure—approved by the Federal Executive Council (FEC) on July 31, 2025—has not received any backing from the National Assembly, and it is not in any of the approved budgets. Is this now how the government spends close to a trillion naira—without appropriation, without scrutiny, and without the consent of the Nigerian people through their elected representatives?


“We demand to know: under what constitutional provision is this money being spent? How did we get here, that the government of Nigeria, even in the face of extant accountability laws, is able to approve expenditure of this magnitude with no public breakdown of costs, no transparent procurement process, and no national debate? Many.

“Let us be clear, ₦712 billion could instead deliver transformative impact by building over seven fully equipped teaching hospitals, funding free basic education across three geopolitical zones for five years, providing rural electrification to thousands of communities, or rehabilitating thousands of kilometres of federal roads and bridges.

“The ADC calls on all Nigerians to reject this frivolous project. We therefore demand its immediate suspension, a full independent audit of the proposed budget, and a redirection of funds toward projects that would directly improve the lives of ordinary citizens, which should be the priority of any government.”

The party warned that reckless spending amid hunger, hardship, and insecurity would widen the trust gap between the government and the people, especially when it struggles to justify its borrowing

tinsel:
Your politics is too childish. I don't if you think ADC will ever give Obi ticket

kedeojo:
A bitter kid is here again. He said he will not contest again. His contesting will disorganized the party in the state and he has to make a huge sacrifice. APC will win osun hands down in 2026. Emotions has killed you people patapata. Quit nzogbu nzogbu ways.

helinues:
I am not a politician, I have never been elected into any political position. I have right to question any of the politicians.

If those who are in ADC are also politicians and not different from Bago, which moral justification are they using to be questioning the governor?

Btw, would you people have condemned Bago if he was in LP? That's the difference with our politics. We are sensitive with issues

helinues:
Which morality are those in ADC using to be condemning Gov Bago?

Should pot be calling kettle black

APCNig:
Cry well well. Since you don’t mind collecting from High Chief James Onanefe Ibori a convicted criminal who holds the Guinness Book of Record of Conviction in Africa. He was jailed along his wife, his sister in-law, his Mistress who was married to another man at the period and his Lawyer who was helping him to hide stolen money. So cry well well, then go and collect money from Anini and Shina Rambo who are also thieves like Ibori. Even Igbinedion’s son the former governor of Edo State served 10 years imprisonment for stealing the masses money. These are the people you are weeping for. Weep well well