According to a post on X on Friday, May 8, 2026, Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Information and Strategy, has sharply criticised the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), describing the newly adopted platform of opposition figures Peter Obi and Rabiu Kwankwaso as devoid of concrete plans for Nigeria.
In a detailed statement that highlights ongoing political realignments ahead of the 2027 general elections, Onanuga expressed disappointment after personally attempting to access the party’s manifesto online. He noted that despite the party’s registration by the court in February, no substantive document outlining a governance vision was available for public scrutiny.
“Like ADC, the NDC has no plan for Nigeria yet,” Onanuga declared at the outset of his critique. He recounted his efforts to examine the party’s offerings: “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 the ADC midstream.”
Onanuga explained his motivation was to assess whether the NDC presented “a markedly different vision for the governance of Nigeria, one better than President Tinubu’s and the APC’s Renewed Hope Agenda.”
His findings were unflattering. “I was disappointed. 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,” he stated.
The presidential aide pointed out the irony given the party’s bold claims: “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. What it flaunts are six policy nuggets that it characterised as pillars.”
Onanuga dismissed these pillars as insubstantial: “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.”
He concluded by directly addressing the NDC national leader: “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.”…Read_More…