We’ll surpise PDP in 2015 –ACN

National Chairman, Action Congress of Nigeria, Chief Bisi Akande

Action Congress of Nigeria has vowed to upstage the Peoples Democratic Party in the 2015 general elections.

National Treasurer of the ACN, Chief Kenneth Kobani, said on Tuesday that unfolding events had shown that Nigerians were ready for a change.

Kobani, who spoke with our correspondent in a telephone interview, argued that the ACN governor had performed better than their PDP counterparts.

He said Nigerians were becoming more enlightened on issues concerning their future and were ready to go the extra mile to effect a change in the next three years.

The ACN chief said, “If we take a close look at the performance of the governors in the various states across, the country, we will notice that the ACN governors have done better that their counterparts in the PDP.

“Apart from Lagos State, other ACN states do not receive as high as what most PDP states get as monthly allocations. But with the performance, it is obvious that the ACN has been more prudent than the PDP.

“Nigerians are aware of all these. Any political party that thinks that the people are not watching should be ready for a surprise in 2015.”

Making reference to the governorship election in Edo State, Kobani said Governor Adams Oshiomhole deserved his victory based on his performance.

He described Oshiomhole as a man with a humble beginning, adding that the governor’s good performance in Edo State within three years was an indication that the days of godfatherism in Nigerian politics were over.

Kobani attributed the failure of government at all level to the politics of godfathers, adding that the situation had set Nigeria backward economically and politically.

He said, “Take a look at the crop of most members of the National Assembly and you will see that most of them are not supposed to be there. But because their godfathers have fixed them there, it has been one scandal after the other.

“The Edo governorship election is a pointer to the fact that power belong to the people and not any godfather. This message and mindset is what Nigerians will take to the elections in 2015.”