Details Emerge From ADC Policy Committee Inauguration

Details Emerge From ADC Policy Committee Inauguration
ADC says Nigerians want practical solutions, not explanations
Party charges committee to produce workable, people centred policies

The National Chairman of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Senator David Mark, has blamed the worsening economic and social conditions in Nigeria on the government of the All Progressives Congress, APC, saying Nigerians are more interested in solutions than excuses.

Mark made the remarks on Monday during the inauguration of the ADC Policy and Manifesto Committee, where he said citizens already know who is responsible for their hardship and are now focused on who can rescue the country from its current troubles.

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EKO HOT BLOG reports that according to the former Senate President, Nigerians are experiencing deeper hardship than at any other time, with living conditions deteriorating under the APC administration. He said families are working harder but earning less, while food prices, transportation costs and electricity tariffs continue to rise beyond the reach of ordinary citizens.

Mark noted that power supply remains unreliable despite increasing tariffs, while insecurity continues to disrupt farming, business activities and everyday life across the country. He added that government policies have further increased the tax burden on citizens, worsening poverty levels.

He charged the ADC Policy and Manifesto Committee to go beyond routine policy drafting and focus on practical, people centred solutions. Mark said Nigeria is not short of ideas but suffers from the failure to translate policies into real improvements in people’s lives.

He warned against treating policy formulation as an academic exercise detached from reality, stressing that documents, reports and statistics mean nothing if they do not reduce suffering. According to him, economic growth figures are meaningless when they fail to lift citizens out of poverty.

Using energy as an example, Mark said expensive and unreliable power cripples productivity, destroys jobs and deepens poverty. He questioned the benefits of fuel subsidy removal, noting that Nigerians now pay more for fuel, food, healthcare, housing and electricity without seeing improvements in their quality of life.

Mark also highlighted transportation, food security, healthcare, education, job creation and insecurity as critical areas requiring urgent, realistic policy interventions. He stressed that insecurity goes beyond loss of lives, affecting farms, schools, communities and economic activity nationwide.

He urged the committee to engage widely with Nigerians, including farmers, traders, workers, young people and families, and to ensure every recommendation is practical and measurable.

Mark concluded that Nigeria does not need rhetoric but honest thinking, compassion and workable solutions capable of easing pain and restoring hope.