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The Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), the new political platform of former presidential candidates Peter Obi and Rabiu Kwankwaso, has no manifesto and no plan for Nigeria, a presidential aide has said.
Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Information and Strategy, made the claim in a statement on Saturday.
“Like ADC, the NDC has no plan for Nigeria yet,” Onanuga said.
He claims he had twice in recent days visited the NDC website to read its manifesto, but found nothing.
“I was interested in the party’s manifesto and whether it has enunciated a markedly different vision for the governance of Nigeria, one better than President Tinubu’s and the APC’s Renewed Hope Agenda. I was disappointed,” Onanuga wrote.
“Even though the site invited visitors to click on its manifesto to read it, the result was negative. ‘No document found’ was the response I got each time I tried to download the manifesto.”
Onanuga noted that the party, whose national leader is Senator Seriake Dickson, has not uploaded any manifesto since it was court-registered in February.
“The party whose national leader, Senator Seriake Dickson, said would wage an ideological battle in the 2027 poll has not uploaded any manifesto since it was court-registered in February,” he said.
“What it flaunts are six policy nuggets that it characterised as pillars. However, the nuggets don’t read like pillars. They sound more like the platitudes the party’s newest catch, Peter Obi, has bombarded the nation with in the last six years.”
Onanuga described the NDC as a gathering of political refugees.
“Senator Dickson, I look forward to your vision and mission for Nigeria, as your party appears to be the camp for the politically displaced and desperate,” he said.
He also referred to Obi as a “political wanderer” who has abandoned the ADC midstream to seek shelter in the NDC.
News Central’s independent verification on Saturday found that the NDC website still had no manifesto available for download.
Like ADC, the NDC has no plan for Nigeria yet
Out of sheer curiosity, I have twice in the last few days googled the website of the Nigeria Democratic Party (NDC), the party that the political wanderer Peter Obi and his ally, Rabiu Kwankwaso, sought shelter in after abandoning… pic.twitter.com/tAeE4XfgWY
— Bayo Onanuga, OON, CON (@aonanuga1956) May 8, 2026
