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APC government has no regard for youths — ADC chairman Nwosu

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8 months ago

August 28, 2024

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The African Democratic Congress, ADC, has lambasted President Bola Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda, saying it is becoming a bastion of hopelessness with Nigerian youths becoming victims of government’s neglect.

The National Chairman of the ADC, Chief Ralph Nwosu, said this in Abuja while commissioning the ADC Youth Council.

According to him, while other nations are promoting youth engagement and employment through sports and policies deliberately designed to harness the creativity of youths, the current administration is fixated on suppressing the youths and wasting the common patrimony on luxuries.

“We are running a government that is talking of Renewed Hope Agenda. Where are the goalposts? What is the goal post for your economic team, Aviation Minister, tourism? Everything has collapsed.

“Over 70 per cent of this population are young men and women, the youths. But unfortunately, the APC government has no regard for these people.

“Nigeria has about $200 million GDP, but about seven companies—Apple, Amazon, Google, Microsoft, etc.—have annual turnovers that run into trillions of dollars.

“The amazing thing is that four of these companies were set up by young men in their 20s,” he said.

Nwosu also noted that unlike Saudi Arabia, which has articulated its clear vision for the future through the privatisation of its state-owned oil company, its Nigerian counterpart is still groping in the dark.

The party chairman pointed out that the ADC Youth Council was being inaugurated and given the torch to light not only Nigeria but the entire African continent with innovative ideas for progress.

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Your coalition has crumbled — Presidency mocks Atiku as more politicians join APC

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4 hours ago

April 25, 2025

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Presidential aide, Bayo Onanuga, has claimed that the political ambitions of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar’s have crumbled.

Onanuga believes Atiku’s proposed coalition is falling apart due to the defection of key allies to the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC.

In a post on X, Onanuga criticized the coalition efforts being led by Atiku, which includes a former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, ex-SGF Babachir Lawal, and Labour Party’s vice presidential candidate, Yusuf Baba-Ahmed.

“Atiku’s political future looks bleak. The coalition that he, El Rufai, Babachir, and new member Baba-Ahmed are cobbling together has disintegrated.

“Potential allies, including former running mate Ifeanyi Okowa and defunct CPC members, are giving his leprous group a wide berth. Atiku is a loser again,” Onanuga stated.

Onanuga’s comments followed a similar post by fellow presidential aide Tunde Rahman, who noted that PDP’s internal crisis had deepened with the defection of former Delta State Governor Ifeanyi Okowa and incumbent Governor Sheriff Oborevwori to the APC.

Rahman described the development as “the biggest shocker ever” for Atiku, whose 2023 presidential bid fell short.

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Kenneth Okonkwo Predicts Regret for PDP Defectors, Says 2027 Election Will Be People vs APC

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April 25, 2025

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Kenneth Okonkwo (Andy)

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Nollywood veteran and political commentator, Kenneth Okonkwo, has expressed strong disapproval of the recent wave of defections from opposition parties to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), declaring that those making the move will come to regret it within a year.

Okonkwo’s remarks come in the wake of the high-profile defection of Delta State Governor, Sheriff Oborevwori, his deputy Monday Onyeme, and former Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, along with several commissioners and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) stakeholders, who all officially joined the APC on Wednesday.

Reacting via a post on X, the actor-turned-politician did not hold back, accusing the defectors of abandoning their parties for selfish reasons—chiefly to evade anti-corruption scrutiny and secure personal benefits rather than serve the Nigerian people.

According to him, the ruling party’s alleged incompetence and corrupt practices will worsen economic conditions, increase hunger and suffering, and ultimately lead to widespread discontent among citizens.

“Mark my words,” Okonkwo wrote, “Before one year from now, these spineless, shameless, and corrupt members of the opposition parties who are running into the APC now to escape EFCC and for stomach infrastructure at the expense of the Nigerian economy and Nigerian people will regret their actions.”

He further asserted that the ruling APC’s misgovernance would be so glaring that the 2027 general election would no longer be a typical party contest but a showdown between the Nigerian people and the APC government.