The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has dismissed the federal government’s recent reform efforts as superficial gestures aimed at managing public perception ahead of the 2027 elections, rather than sincere attempts to address Nigeria’s worsening economic and social crises.
In a statement issued on Sunday by Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, Interim National Publicity Secretary and spokesperson of the opposition coalition, the party accused the Bola Tinubu administration of prioritising political image over meaningful governance.
Responding to a tweet by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, about plans to remove bottlenecks hampering food security and export, the ADC said the move was not driven by concern for the masses but by fear of growing opposition momentum.
“On Saturday, when Bayo Onanuga tweeted that all bottlenecks hindering the realisation of the Tinubu administration’s potential would be removed to enable food sovereignty and export, he didn’t just issue a statement—he issued a confession,” Abdullahi said.
“That tweet confirmed that this government had, by design, been sitting on its hands while Nigerians starved. The reforms are not born out of empathy, but out of political anxiety.”
According to the ADC, the sudden flurry of government action is not a response to public suffering but a desperate attempt to blunt the rising popularity of the ADC and the broader opposition coalition.
“It took the emergence of the ADC and the growing momentum of a united opposition to push this government into action. It wasn’t the hunger of millions that moved them—it was fear. Fear of 2027. Fear that Nigerians have woken up,” the statement noted.
The party further accused the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) of deliberately “weaponising poverty” and ignoring urgent national issues until electoral considerations forced a response.
“This is not a government responding to a national emergency. This is a political machine managing optics. Every move has been calculated for 2027,” Abdullahi said.
The ADC also alleged that President Tinubu had effectively launched his re-election campaign, warning that governance was being sidelined in favour of political scheming.
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