{"id":168956,"date":"2025-07-10T11:46:05","date_gmt":"2025-07-10T10:46:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/2027-focus-on-governance-not-distractions-advises-apc"},"modified":"2025-07-10T12:51:27","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T11:51:27","slug":"2027-focus-on-governance-not-distractions-advises-apc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/2027-focus-on-governance-not-distractions-advises-apc","title":{"rendered":"2027 Focus on Governance Not Distractions Advises APC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Political commentator Ayodele Adewale has advised the All Progressives Congress, APC, to concentrate on fulfilling its promises rather than becoming distracted by opposition coalitions such as the African Democratic Congress, ADC.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on TVC\u2019s breakfast political programme on Thursday, Adewale addressed the coalition and its implications.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom my perspective, I will not get carried away by all these innuendos. I think the ruling party, the APC, should focus more on the programmes they\u2019re delivering and fast-track interventions on economic matters,\u201d Adewale said.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the APC administration has already laid a new foundation for the nation\u2019s economy and foreign relations, citing efforts to attract foreign direct investment and to build a strong base in the educational sector.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI understand the pains, but these are birth pangs for a better economy. Nigerians should be patient,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He also referenced Nigeria\u2019s struggles following the Structural Adjustment Programme, SAP, in the 1980s and 1990s, when industries collapsed, unemployment surged, and families grappled with funding education.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Political commentator Ayodele Adewale has advised the All Progressives Congress, APC, to concentrate on fulfilling its promises rather than becoming distracted by opposition coalitions such as the African Democratic Congress, ADC. Speaking on TVC\u2019s breakfast political programme on Thursday, Adewale addressed the coalition and its implications. \u201cFrom my perspective, I will not [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":168955,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,16],"tags":[34,17975,254],"class_list":["post-168956","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-parties","tag-apc","tag-ayodele-adewale","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>2027 Focus on Governance Not Distractions Advises APC - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Political commentator Ayodele Adewale has advised the All Progressives Congress, APC, to concentrate on fulfilling its p ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/2027-focus-on-governance-not-distractions-advises-apc\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"2027 Focus on Governance Not Distractions Advises APC\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Political commentator Ayodele Adewale has advised the All Progressives Congress, APC, to concentrate on fulfilling its p ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/2027-focus-on-governance-not-distractions-advises-apc\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-07-10T10:46:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-07-10T11:51:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/sm_1752135781.002773.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/2027-focus-on-governance-not-distractions-advises-apc#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/2027-focus-on-governance-not-distractions-advises-apc\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"2027 Focus on Governance Not Distractions Advises APC\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-07-10T10:46:05+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-07-10T11:51:27+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/2027-focus-on-governance-not-distractions-advises-apc\"},\"wordCount\":187,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/2027-focus-on-governance-not-distractions-advises-apc#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/sm_1752135781.002773.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"APC\",\"Ayodele Adewale\",\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Parties\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/2027-focus-on-governance-not-distractions-advises-apc#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/2027-focus-on-governance-not-distractions-advises-apc\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/2027-focus-on-governance-not-distractions-advises-apc\",\"name\":\"2027 Focus on Governance Not Distractions Advises APC - 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