“Too Little, Too Late!” — ADC Blasts Tinubu Over Northern Appointments, Calls Move a Desperate Political Gimmick
By Abidemi Abubakar
The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has come out swinging against President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, describing his latest wave of political appointments as a “desperate, cynical attempt” to regain the trust he has allegedly squandered especially in Northern Nigeria.
In a fiery statement signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, the ADC dismissed the appointments as mere “political panic management,” accusing the Tinubu-led administration of attempting to buy goodwill in the North with token gestures after more than a year of “calculated neglect, presidential arrogance, and unprecedented nepotism.”
“For over a year, this government looked away as bandits ravaged northern communities, farmers abandoned their land, and rural economies collapsed under the weight of a poorly handled fuel subsidy removal,” Abdullahi said. “Now, faced with growing public anger and the rise of a formidable opposition coalition, Tinubu suddenly remembers that Nigeria is bigger than Lagos State.”
The ADC argued that critical national decisions from subsidy removal to political appointments have consistently sidelined the North, warning that Northerners would not be fooled by “last-minute consolation prizes.”
“Tokenism is not inclusion, and symbolism is not governance,” Abdullahi declared.
The party further urged President Tinubu to abandon what it termed “Bourdillon-style appeasement politics” and instead embrace genuine national inclusion through broad consultation, policy fairness, and a sincere commitment to federal character principles.
“You cannot patch a broken roof with press releases and photo-ops. And you certainly cannot restore lost public trust by pretending titles are a substitute for real nation-building,” the statement concluded
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