The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has criticized President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s recent appointments, describing them as a “desperate attempt to regain trust that has been lost due to over a year of neglect and marginalization, particularly in Northern Nigeria.”
In a statement signed by the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, the ADC dismissed the appointments as “too little, too late.”
According to the ADC, these appointments are nothing more than “political panic management,” a last-ditch effort to address the consequences of calculated neglect and unprecedented nepotism. Abdullahi stated, “For over a year, this government turned a blind eye as bandits terrorized villages in the north, as our farmers abandoned their land, and as rural economies crumbled under the weight of poorly thought-out fuel subsidy removal.”
The ADC spokesperson further noted that the President’s actions are seen as insincere, saying, “Now, under the rising heat of public discontent, and with the emergence of a formidable opposition coalition gaining traction in the North and across the country, President Tinubu suddenly remembers that there are Nigerians to appoint into positions outside his Lagos.”
Abdullahi emphasized that token appointments are not a substitute for genuine inclusion and governance, stating, “Tokenism is not inclusion, and symbolism is not governance… You cannot patch a broken roof with press releases and photo-ops. And you certainly cannot restore the trust that you have lost with the public by pretending that titles are a substitute for genuine commitment to nation-building.”
The ADC urged the Tinubu administration to abandon what it described as “Bourdillon-style appeasement politics” and instead focus on real national inclusion through consultation, policy equity, and sincere federal character.
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