President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s recent wave of appointments, including the son of former military ruler Ibrahim Babangida, has drawn sharp criticism from the African Democratic Congress (ADC), which called it a “desperate attempt to regain lost public trust,” NaijNaira can report.
In a statement carried by The Guardian Nigeria, ADC’s National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, described the move as “too little, too late,” accusing the presidency of neglecting Northern Nigeria for over two years.
According to Abdullahi, the appointments reflect panic rather than policy, driven by mounting discontent across the North and growing momentum behind a new political opposition.
“For over a year, this government turned a blind eye as bandits terrorised 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,” he said.
Abdullahi added that the appointments won’t erase what he called “presidential arrogance” and “unprecedented nepotism,” arguing that Nigerians know the difference between tokenism and true representation.
He urged the administration to ditch what he termed “Bourdillon-style appeasement politics” and pursue genuine inclusion rooted in fairness and national unity.
“You cannot patch a broken roof with press releases and photo-ops,” he said. “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.”
Article updated 2 months ago. Content is written and modified by multiple authors.
