ADC accuses President Tinubu of focusing on his 2027 re-election at the expense of governance, citing stalled budgets and underfunded key sectors
The African Democratic Congress has accused President Bola Ahmed Tinubu of prioritising his 2027 re-election campaign over effective governance, claiming the administration is neglecting Nigeria’s escalating economic and security challenges.
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In a statement issued on Thursday in Abuja, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, National Publicity Secretary of the ADC, said the federal government is simultaneously running three national budgets while struggling to implement any, describing the situation as “unprecedented and deeply troubling.”
“The ADC has noted recent reports that signify utter confusion and a historic level of incompetence in the Tinubu administration’s implementation of national budgets since 2024,” Abdullahi said.
“This is the first time in Nigerian history that any government would be running three budgets at the same time while implementing none.”
The party alleged that only 17.7 percent of the 2024 budget’s capital component had been released as of the third quarter of 2025, with overall implementation below 30 percent, while internal disbursements lagged.
ADC dismissed the government’s claim that the rollover of budgets was a deliberate strategy for completing multi-year projects as a “blatant falsehood.”
Highlighting underfunded sectors, the ADC said capital budget implementation stands at 3.6 percent for Power, 8.9 percent for Communications Technology, 23.5 percent for Education, and 32.5 percent for Health.
The Ministry of Defence was the only sector to exceed its budget at 113.45 percent, largely due to emergency funding.
The party further warned that insecurity continues to worsen.
“Recent reports indicate that in this month of Ramadan alone, up to 500 Nigerians may have been killed by terrorists in Borno, Yobe, Adamawa, and Kebbi,” the statement said.
ADC also challenged government claims of improved revenue collection and higher foreign reserves, arguing that borrowing has surged, contractors remain unpaid, and projects are stalled.
“This is the reason Nigerians are suffering like never before and asking the most important questions: what is this government doing with all the money that accrues from all the loans, all the revenues, and all the increased taxes? Why are we worse off today than we were three years ago?” the statement read.
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Concluding, the ADC said, “The Tinubu government has proven that to them everything is about politics and power for its own sake,” while Nigeria continues to face deepening poverty and insecurity.
