**Promises shift from oil dependence
*Independent electoral system free from executive control
The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has unveiled a sweeping 2027 governance blueprint that seeks to reposition the party as a structured reform alternative, promising deep institutional changes across Nigeria’s electoral, economic, and security systems.
The policy direction, presented through coalition figure and former director general of the Progressive Governors Forum ( PGF) , Mallam Salihu Moh. Lukman, outlines a 12-sector framework adopted at the party’s recent national convention and framed around three guiding principles: citizen-centred governance, structural reform over ad-hoc policies, and carefully sequenced economic adjustments that protect vulnerable Nigerians.
At the centre of the detailed proposal released on Friday by Lukman and titled “ADC and New Framework of Electoral Campaign”, is a strong commitment to electoral and governance reform, including the establishment of an independent electoral management system insulated from executive control, alongside a “zero-impunity” governance model built on rule of law, accountability, and performance audits.
The ADC in the document released by Lukeman who is a prominent member of the committee headed by the duo of Chief John Odigie- Oyegun and Prof Pat Utomi , economically proposes a decisive shift away from Nigeria’s oil-reliant structure toward a production-driven economy built on regional value chains, linking agriculture, manufacturing, logistics, and technology.
Lukman explained that the “thrusts of both the ADC Manifesto and Policy Principles were founded on three pillars : Firstly , ‘that every policy, from economic reform to security to social protection, must be measured by its impact on citizens. Secondly, ‘that Nigeria’s challenges are structural and require coordinated, institutional solutions, not ad hoc interventions. Thirdly, ‘that reform is necessary, but it must be sequenced, supported, and humane, ensuring that Nigerians are not pushed further into hardship in the process.’
The party says this approach is designed to unlock comparative advantages across Nigeria’s geopolitical zones while reducing reliance on imports.
On social policy, the party’s blueprint prioritises a living wage framework, expanded social protection, and labour productivity alignment, positioning human capital development as central to national stability and growth.
This is even as sectoral reforms also feature prominently in the manifesto.The party called for treating food security as national security through agricultural transformation and mechanisation
