The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has strongly criticized President Bola Tinubu’s recent appointments, labeling them an attempt to win back the trust of Northern Nigerians after what it describes as over two years of “neglect.”
In a statement issued on Friday by its National Publicity Secretary, Bolaji Abdullahi, the party asserted that these appointments amount to “political panic management” rather than a genuine effort towards national inclusion.
Abdullahi argued, “You cannot marginalise a region for over twenty-five months and expect applause because you suddenly remembered on the twenty-sixth month that Nigeria is bigger than Lagos State.”
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The ADC accused the Tinubu administration of “calculated neglect,” claiming the North has been systematically sidelined from critical decision-making since the presidency’s inception.
“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,” the statement read.
Abdullahi suggested that with rising public discontent and the emergence of a strong 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.”
The ADC contended that every major policy and appointment under the current administration has seen minimal Northern representation, arguing that recent gestures are merely “consolation prizes.” “But Northerners, as co-owners of our great federal republic, know better than to be deceived by these token appointments. They see through President Tinubu’s actions — and can sense that this is not genuine. Tokenism is not inclusion, and symbolism is not governance,” Abdullahi added.
The party urged the President to abandon what it termed “Bourdillon-style appeasement politics” and instead pursue genuine national unity through broad-based consultation, policy fairness, and adherence to federal character principles.
“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 statement concluded.
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