2023: ADC offers national unity, integration, peace, security – Campaign DG

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) is set to achieve national unity, integration, peaceful coexistence and security among Nigerians, if elected into power come 2023, the Director General, ADC Global Campaign, Alhaji Abdul-Azeez Suleiman, has said. 

Addressing the launch of the North-West chapter of the party’s Unity, Peace and Development Lecture Series at Arewa House, Kaduna on Wednesday, which had in attendance the party national chairman, Chief Ralph Okey Nwosu, Abdul-Azeez said unlike other political parties who are fighting for parochial interest, ADC is focused on addressing the challenges of ethno-religious division that has brought up ‘multiple Nigerians’ where everyone is only concerned about himself and his tribe or religion, to the detriment of others.

“ADC preaches unity, the promotion of co-operation and opens opportunity through which different parts will come together to function as a whole. The symbolic handshake on the logo of the ADC suggests national integration to promote peace and harmony in society and reduce areas of conflicts among different groups. ADC stands for national unity and integration ensuring security of lives and properties of citizens from internal and external attacks. If there is national unity and integration, the resources in different ethnic groups could be jointly exploited and enjoyed. 

“This gathering, in this unique place in Northern history, whose symbolism is profound, represents the high point in activities that will lay the foundations of the collapse of that citadel of poor governance, indifference, insensitivity and unprecedented plunder that characterize successive administrations in Nigeria since the end of the first republic. A few months from when Nigerian youth, would troop out to offer a verdict over their future in the February 2023 elections.

“Today’s meeting will mark the cornerstone for a massive mobilization of a people desperate for credible and accountable leadership, to defy decades of entrenched sentiments that had fed the fiction that there are multiple Nigerias, the Nigeria of the Yoruba, the Nigeria of the Igbo, and the Nigeria of the Hausa/Fulani; the Nigeria of Muslims and the Nigeria of Christians. Nigeria is made up of more than 300 ethnic groups with varying cultures. And for Nigeria to develop, it needs to come together for every member to have a common sense of belonging. 

“The country can only witness development if there is adequate security. Foreign investors will establish industries when they are convinced that properties will not be destroyed either because of political, religious or ethnic crises. What is important is to lay claim to being Nigerian and having interests and concerns that are Nigerian without reluctance or shame. Our past leaders carved a glorious path for our development as a people, then imbibe the culture of coexistence. 

“One of Nigeria’s biggest problems today, is that politicians don’t play politics in the interest of the nation, instead they play it to achieve their personal interest to the detriment of the people. ADC offers practical options by which Nigerians can live and work together in any part of the country and to promote a sense of brotherhood and love among different cultures. Safety and security lie at the heart of the prosperity of any nation. Citizens want to feel safe and secure. But today security is challenged in all aspects of our daily lives and trust in the institutions that should keep us safe is low,” he said.