ADC Can’t Afford To Fail, David Mark Tells Members

National president of African Democratic Congress (ADC), Senator David Mark, has told members that nonaccomplishment is not an enactment for the party.

The erstwhile Senate president made the assertion successful his invited remarks during the inaugural gathering of the ADC National Working Committee (NWC) successful Abuja Tuesday, 7 October 2025.

The NWC gathering approved dates for the Ekiti and Osun superior elections. The Ekiti  primaries volition instrumentality spot from October 10 to November 20.

While that of Osun volition instrumentality spot betwixt November and December .

They besides approved four  committees, namely Constitution Review Committee; argumentation advocacy; rank registration; enactment rebranding committees.

Addressing enactment members earlier, Mark, who stressed the request to physique a enactment that outlives its existent leaders, said the ADC volition revolve astir rules, policies, programmes, people, and results, not astir individuals similar immoderate different parties.

He noted that the party’s ngo is not lone to attain powerfulness successful 2027 but to permission a bequest which the aboriginal generations volition beryllium arrogant to inherit.

“We are successful a marathon we indispensable complete-and win. Failure is not an option,” helium said.

He said, “We person acceptable speech constrictive interests for the communal good. The roadworthy volition beryllium uphill. Sacrifice volition beryllium demanded. Those threatened by ideology volition defy it. Still, we advance-calmly, courageously, unneurotic arsenic a formidable team.”

Mark stated that ADC is antithetic due to the fact that it volition beryllium a enactment of intent and determination, not impulses, an instauration that champions antiauthoritarian values and a civilization of accountability and work crossed its organs and successful each authorities it forms.

“Our enactment modular is non-negotiable: Character. Competence. Courage. Discipline. These 4 pillars volition usher our choices, signifier our culture, and anchor our performance.

“We are a Pan-African, people-oriented, problem-solving movement-sensitive to the needs of the mediocre and the young, women and men, persons with disabilities, workers, peasants, entrepreneurs, retirees, civilian society, and the vulnerable. We volition person empathy into policy, and argumentation inte results.

“To bash this, we volition physique a enactment that outlives america all. Other parties revolve astir individuals; the ADC volition revolve astir rules, policies, programmes, people, and results. We volition importune connected squad spirit, collaboration, and interior democracy. The supremacy we question is the supremacy of our constitution and institutions-over everything: personality, improvisation, and idiosyncrasy.

“Our ngo is not lone to attain powerfulness successful 2027; it is to permission a bequest which the aboriginal generations volition beryllium arrogant to inherit. We are successful a marathon we indispensable complete-and win. Failure is not an option.

“From today, we indispensable follow an Integrity and Performance Compact. First, unfastened party, unfastened books: autarkic yearly audits published; procurement rules enforced; good articulated conflict-of-interest and acquisition policies.

“Second, merit earlier loyalty: each appointments-party and government-benchmarked to the pillar modular of Character, Competence, Courage, and Discipline, successful integrity

“Third, cleanable elections, cleanable governance: digital, verifiable rank and primaries; campaigner rigorous screening earlier nomination; show scorecards published quarterly.

“Fourth, citizens first: work charters successful each ADC-led authorities with timelines, nationalist dashboards, and existent feedback mechanisms.

“Fifth, dignity and inclusion: lasting councils for peculiar involvement radical specified arsenic workers, women, youth, farmers, professionals, retired information officers, educators, persons with disabilities, retirees, civilian society, and the vulnerable-represented astatine the array not arsenic tokens, but arsenic architects of policies and programmes.”

The erstwhile Senate president said helium is alarmed by the subtle and crude attempts to crook the legislature and judiciary to the volition of the executive.

He said the ADC volition support the separation of powers, reconstruct legislative and judicial independence, and fortify oversight truthful that budgets service the nationalist interest, not backstage appetites.

“We volition extremity the civilization of parallel budgets and extra-budgetary maneuvers by enforcing strict and transparent planning, timely appropriations, and rigorous auditing.

“The judiciary indispensable again beryllium a refuge for each citizen. We volition backmost an independent, efficient, and trusted bench-appointments connected merit, transparent lawsuit management, time-bound rulings, and a bias for justness implicit bare technicalities.”

He added that Nigerians are bushed of slogans and statistic that bash not construe into their welfare: food, power, jobs, and safety.

“We volition absorption connected what works. We volition prosecute terms stableness and productivity done credible, rules-based coordi...