By Umar Dankano,Yola.
Stakeholders and members of the African Democratic Congress, ADC have resolved to work assiduously for the victory of the party’s presidential Candidate,former Vice president,Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and all candidates of various political positions in Adamawa state.
The resolution was reached during a crucial meeting between the new state Acting Chairman of the party, Sai’du Naira and the ward chairmen and state executive members from the Adamawa Central Senatorial Zone with a single agenda of loyalty and promotion of internal democracy in the party.
Speaking at the meeting held at the ADC party Secretariat adjacent to Bornoma House along Mohammed Mustapha way jimeta on Saturday, Acting Chairman of the party, Sai’du Naira expressed delight with the maximum support and cooperation being rendered to his new state executive members urging all to remain firm and resolute in Unity.
Naira’ expressed their loyalty and support to the national leadership under former Senate president, Senator David Mark pledging to work hard for the party to attain victorious in the forthcoming 2027 general elections from all the 226 political wards in the 21 local government areas in the state.
Naira assured that the party is regaining its strength coming out of avoidable and unnecessary internal crisis allegedly due to failure of the acclaimed suspended leader of the party, Barrister Sadiq Dasin insisting that transparency and honesty would be his guiding principles as a leader.
“Honestly ADC as a party was almost collapsed or dead because of the way the suspended leader was handling the affairs of the party .
“But thank God that those with the love and interest of the party at hearts did all that was legally available to push those selfish so-called aside and we are here today to work hard for the party to succeed.
“We urged you all to work day and night for the progress and victory of former Vice president Atiku Abubakar and all other ADC candidates seeking elective positions”.Naira emphasized.
Also speaking at the meeting,New Acting Publicity Secretary of party, Abdullahi Adamu Danlami Alias ‘Dynamite’ told the gathering that the ADC party is for any one with the interest to provide more dividends of democracy to the citizenry in the state and country at large.
Danlami Dynamite advised all party members and supporters from now to commence a committed campaign for the party’s presidential candidate to the ward councilors with a view to achieve success at the end of the election exercise come 2027 polls.
Dynamite opined that if not for the little hitches allegedly caused by the suspended leadership, the party should have waxed stronger long before now but expressed optimism that all hope is not lost because with unity of purpose, the desired goal can still be achieved.
Likewise Hajiya Zainab Ganye, the State Deputy woman leader and Modu Umar, Deputy Secretary Social Welfare stated that the meeting was for the new state Acting executive members to also show their loyalty and support to Sai’du Naira’s new leadership and to advise him to carry everyone along.
The two hours meeting was closed with a pledge by all party members to work in unison for the victory of their candidates from presidential down to councilors posts unanimously agreeing that this time,2027 is for ADC as formidable opposition to form government both at the center and in all political zones of the country.
Our Correspondent reports that the party has been experiencing internal wranglings for some time now over the acceptable gov’ship candidate which has degenerated to forming two parallel state executive committees between Bar. Ibrahim Sadiq Dasin and Sai’du Naira, one time state Secretary of the All progressives Congress APC during former Governor Muhammadu Umaru Jibrilla Bindow’s administration.
