“Desperate, cynical attempt to buy back the trust that he has spent over a year squandering, particularly in Northern Nigeria,” is how the African Democratic Congress (ADC) has characterized President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s recent announcement of appointments.
Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, the party’s national publicity secretary, signed the statement in which the ADC criticized the alleged appointments as being “too little, too late.”
Tinubu cannot ignore an area for more than 25 months and expect praise, the party continued, because “you suddenly remembered on the twenty-sixth month that Nigeria is bigger than Lagos State.”
These appointments are merely “political panic management,” according to the ADC.
The appointments, according to the statement, are a desperate attempt to patch up the severe injuries Northern Nigeria has sustained after more than a year of deliberate neglect, presidential haughtiness, and unheard-of nepotism.
“This government ignored the bandits terrorizing northern villages, our farmers abandoning their land, and rural economies collapsing due to the removal of poorly planned fuel subsidies for more than a year,” the statement said.
There are Nigerians to appoint to jobs outside of Lagos, President Tinubu suddenly realizes as public dissatisfaction grows and a strong opposition coalition gains momentum in the North and throughout the nation.
“The North has not been involved in any significant decision made by this administration, including the elimination of subsidies and the majority of political appointments. Appointments are being given out by the President as consolation prizes now that the effects of those choices are evident. However, Northerners, who share ownership of our magnificent federal republic, are wise enough to avoid being duped by these token appointments. They can see that President Tinubu is not sincere because they can see through his actions. Inclusion is not tokenism, and governance is not symbolism.
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Through consultation, policy equity, and genuine federal character, the ADC called on the Tinubu administration to move away from what it called “Bourdillon-style appeasement politics” and toward true national inclusion.
You can’t use photo ops and press releases to fix a broken roof. Furthermore, you cannot win back the public’s faith by acting as though titles represent a sincere dedication to nation-building,” the party stated.
