The African Democratic Congress, ADC, has told President Bola Tinubu that it would rescue Nigeria from the economic blackhole his administration has plunged the country into.
The National Publicity Secretary of the party, Bolaji
Abdullahi, said this in a statement on Monday, lamenting that worsening hunger,
rising insecurity, business failures and growing public frustration had
deepened hardship across the country.
The party equally raised concerns over the All Progressives
Congress, APC, presidential primary figures that returned President Tinubu with
10.99 million votes ahead of the 2027 election.
The ADC described the president’s recent remarks against the
opposition as ironic and disconnected from the realities facing ordinary
Nigerians.
“If the opposition is going to take the country backwards,
it would be to reset it from the edge of the dangerous precipice that the
current administration has placed it on, because to continue on the same
trajectory is to plunge the country into the abyss.
“It is both ironic and tragic that a government under whose
watch nearly 35 million Nigerians are now projected to face acute food
insecurity in 2026 would accuse the opposition of lacking ideas or vision,” the
statement said.
It added that inflation had weakened household incomes,
while soaring food prices and worsening insecurity continued to place severe
pressure on millions of families.
According to the ADC, businesses were shutting down daily
under harsh economic conditions, while many farmers could no longer safely
access their farmlands because of banditry, kidnappings and violent attacks.
The opposition party also cited reports projecting that
about 34.7 million Nigerians could face severe food and nutrition insecurity
during the 2026 lean season, while more than 2.3 million people remained
displaced by violence and insecurity.
Yet, the ADC said the president had chosen political attacks
instead of empathy and accountability.
“President Tinubu must understand that Nigerians are no
longer interested in speeches or political grandstanding.
“Nigerians are asking simple questions: Why is food
unaffordable? Why are businesses collapsing? Why are citizens increasingly
unsafe? Why are more Nigerians falling into poverty despite endless promises of
reform and recovery,” it asked.
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