Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar says that the All Progressives Congress-led government is the worst he has witnessed in nearly four decades.
Abubakar spoke in Abuja on Tuesday at the public presentation of ‘The Loyalist’, a book authored by Bolaji Abdullahi, national publicity secretary of the African Democratic Congress (ADC).
The former vice-president said the ADC represents a convergence of political forces determined to rescue the country.
“We have a unique opportunity within the ADC as a political party. It is a convergence of various political leanings across the country, united in an effort to reunite Nigeria and renew our democratic journey,” he said.
“If there is anything positive in our recent political development, it is this coming together to rescue the country from what I consider the worst administration I have witnessed in nearly four decades of political life.
“Not even the military dictatorships before 1999 damaged our national life and consciousness in the way this administration has done.”
Abubakar said many of those present were involved in the formation of the APC but had been disappointed by its performance in government.
He added that Nigerians must once again take responsibility by building a credible political alternative.
“Many of us here were part of the formation of the APC; unfortunately, what we believed would rescue the country has not happened,” Abubakar said.
“Just as we once took responsibility to come together and form a political alternative, we must again come together to ensure the emergence of a new political organisation capable of salvaging this country for the benefit of its people,” he concluded.
