2027: Hayatu-Deen challenges Atiku, Amaechi to commit to ADC ethics code
A presidential aspirant on the platform of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Mohammed Hayatu-Deen, has challenged fellow aspirants, including former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and former Minister of Transportation Rotimi Amaechi, to publicly commit to the party’s Code of Ethics. The ADC recently introduced a Governance Principles and Code of Ethics document, known as The […]
A presidential aspirant on the platform of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Mohammed Hayatu-Deen, has challenged fellow aspirants, including former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and former Minister of Transportation Rotimi Amaechi, to publicly commit to the party’s Code of Ethics.
The ADC recently introduced a Governance Principles and Code of Ethics document, known as The Orange Book, for presidential aspirants.
In a post on his social media platforms, Hayatu-Deen described the document as “perhaps the first of its kind in modern Nigerian politics.”
According to him, the Orange Book represents a binding ethical covenant that rejects self-serving politics and places service to Nigerians at the centre of public office.
“The Orange Book is not a slogan. It is a declaration that public office is not for self-enrichment, personal glory or political entitlement, but for service to the Nigerian people,” he said.
Hayatu-Deen said aspirants seeking the party’s mandate are expected to uphold principles of integrity, transparency, accountability, merit, discipline and rejection of corruption, vote-buying and godfatherism.
He noted that two provisions in the document particularly resonated with him: “Leadership is measured not by individual legacy, but by the enduring impact of completed, purposeful and people-centred action,” and “I am a public servant, not a ruler of Nigerians.”
The former Chairman of the Nigeria Economic Summit Group (NESG) publicly affirmed his commitment to abide by the spirit and letter of the code, while urging other aspirants to do the same openly.