ADC now has over three million dues-paying members, says Nwosu
Ralph Nwosu, former national chairman of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), says the party has recorded over three million dues-paying members just days after unveiling a new leadership structure.
Nwosu described the surge in membership as evidence that Nigerians are embracing ADC as a rescue vehicle to revive democracy and rebuild the country.
He spoke on Tuesday during the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting in Abuja.
According to him, the party’s official website crashed three times due to excessive traffic from new members attempting to register.
“We did a test run trying to show the kind of political leadership we want to put in place moving forward,” Nwosu said.
“And when we unveiled one of our decisions that day at our NWC — David Mark as our chairman for instance and as secretary with the publicity — you know what happened?
“Within one week, our membership grew from maybe 600 people who were paying membership dues to almost 3 million Nigerians who started paying.”
He added that every state chapter has requested the printing of at least two million membership cards.
“We moved from small bungalow but now elevated. ADC has grown from being a small to the largest party in Nigeria,” Nwosu said.
“If you go to every local government in this country — whether it’s in the north, south-east, south-west, north-central, northeast, or northwest — the number of people registering every day is much more than the number of people in any other party. The website crashed three times because young people were trying to register online.”
Nwosu commended the new leadership of ADC, saying the passion and energy brought into the system has made the party one Nigerians can now be proud of.
He urged citizens to trust the ability of ADC to safeguard Nigeria’s democracy.
“With what happened on the second of July, where we consolidated what we were working on — the coalition of various groups into ADC — we resurrected democracy again,” he said.
“Our democracy is on the move again, and nobody can stop it.”
He accused certain forces of attempting to impose one-party dominance on Nigeria but insisted that ADC would stand as a bulwark for multiparty democracy.
“Instead of one individual wanting to create fascism, convert Nigeria into a one-party state, it was only the ADC that said no.
“And Nigerians embraced us for saying no — that we must have an opposition party, another party in force,” he said.
