By Lateef Ibrahim, Abuja
The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has called on Nigerians to draw important lessons from Tuesday’s midterm elections in the United States, where American voters delivered a political tsunami against the ruling Republican Party and a decisive rebuke of the ruling party’s leadership and unpopular economic policies.
The party said this in a statement on Wednesday by its signed by
its National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, in Abuja.
The ADC said the outcome of the election demonstrates that the greatest power in any democracy belongs not to the president or the ruling party, but to ordinary citizens armed with their votes.
The statement by Abdullahi reads,
“Americans have shown that when politicians become arrogant, when policies punish ordinary people, and when those in power mistake popularity for a permanent licence to govern, the ballot box remains the ultimate instrument of accountability.
“American voters understand something Nigerians must also learn: elections are about the welfare of the citizens, not sentiments, political loyalties or personality cults. No leader is bigger than the people, and no political party is entitled to power forever,” the ADC said.
The ADC noted that Nigerians have endured years of unprecedented economic hardship, worsening insecurity and disappearing opportunities under the Tinubu-led APC government, yet they are being asked to reward the same party with another mandate.
Continuing, it said, “We cannot continue to complain about the cost of living while voting for a President who has made life unaffordable.
‘We cannot demand security while rewarding failure. We cannot earnestly yearn for change while sustaining the very political system responsible for our collective impoverishment.
“History beckons in 2027. Our voters’ cards must become instruments of change, not souvenirs of citizenship. Nigerians must turn out massively and vote for their own interests.
“The ADC and its candidates are offering Nigerians a clear alternative: Make Nigeria Affordable Again. Make Nigeria Safe Again. Give Nigerians Jobs Again.
“If Americans can use their votes to demand better, Nigerians can do the same. In 2027, let our votes speak louder than the APC-induced suffering”, it said.
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