It has come to our consideration that the National Working Committee of the African Democratic Congress, led by Senator David Mark as Chairman and Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola as Secretary, has refused and uncared for to pay get together workers for over a yr.
We discover it unconscionable {that a} political get together that has made many grandiose guarantees to hoodwink Nigerians owes its staff for greater than 12 months. Owing workers who come to work every single day and who depend on the salaries for his or her every day sustenance is depraved and reprehensible.
With this improvement, Nigerians can now see the vacancy and insincerity of these parading themselves as ‘new saviours’.
We have clearly acknowledged that ADC leaders and their presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, don’t imply effectively and might do nothing for our nation. Their desperation for energy is pushed by private aggrandisement and venomous in poor health will towards President Bola Tinubu. A celebration that can’t pay its cleaners and workforce can’t be entrusted with our nation’s affairs.
Atiku Abubakar, the ADC’s chief and Presidential candidate, has a popularity for owing his workers. While he recurrently junkets to the UAE, workers at his Gotel Communication and different companies additionally went months with out pay and staged protests over unpaid salaries and different advantages.
The document of the ADC General Secretary, Rauf Aregbesola, on paying staff’ salaries and pensioners in Osun State, the place he was a governor for 8 years, was abysmal. As governor, he mismanaged the state’s funds to the purpose that he couldn’t pay staff. His authorities thus launched quarter-salary and, at instances, half-salary funds. As for pensioners, he deserted them for greater than 4 years. Many died as a result of they might not afford the fundamentals of life.
We are due to this fact not stunned that ADC, harbouring birds of the identical feather, can not pay its staff’ salaries.
We are sounding a warning to Nigerians and dealing folks now: reject ADC. Reject Atiku Abubakar and reject all ADC candidates within the subsequent common elections. They don’t have the curiosity of our nation and our folks at coronary heart. A celebration that aspires to manipulate Nigeria and which can’t be trusted with one thing as primary because the administration of its personal affairs and the welfare of its workforce ought to be rejected by Nigerians.
Dele Alake
Spokesperson
APC Presidential Campaign Council
October 26, 2026
