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Mr Abdullahi added that despite the current administration’s claim of “performing wonders,” Nigerians still live in poverty.


The African Democratic Congress has slammed President Bola Tinubu over the implementation of national budgets, describing his administration as the most incompetent in Nigeria’s history.

In a statement on Thursday, the party’s national publicity secretary, Bolaji Abdullahi, cited reports that 30 per cent of the 2025 budget will run from February 2026 to November 30, 2026, while the remaining 70 per cent of the budget had been rolled over to the 2026 budget, which is still being debated at the National Assembly three months into the year.

“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,” said Mr Abdullahi. “This is the first time in Nigerian history that any government would be running three budgets at the same time while implementing none.”

He noted that, according to reports, while the 2024 budget was rolled over to 2025, as of the third quarter of 2025, only 17.7 per cent of the capital budget had been released.

“Overall implementation hovered at less than 30 per cent, even as internal disbursements continued to lag.

“This situation becomes even more alarming when we recall that President Tinubu promised last year that all capital components of the 2024 and 2025 budgets would be concluded by March 31, 2026, less than a month away, knowing quite well that this is not possible,” he said.

He said that as of March 5, capital budget implementation for the Ministry of Power stands at 3.6 per cent; communications technology at 8.9 per cent; and education and health at 23.5 per cent and 32.5 per cent, respectively.

According to him, no serious government would leave the sectors, which are crucial to national human capital development, unfunded while government officials continue to live in obscene opulence in the midst of unprecedented poverty.

“It is noteworthy that the only ministry that has outperformed its budget, up to 113.45 per cent, is the Ministry of Defence, largely due to emergency funding through the inscrutable Service-Wide Vote,” Mr Abdullahi said.

“Yet, rather than abate, insecurity has continued to spread across the country. 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.”

He said Mr Tinubu’s government has continued to boast of historic revenue collection and unprecedented foreign reserve balances despite borrowing more aggressively than any other government in the country’s history.

“Yet, budgets remain unimplemented, and contractors remain unpaid. 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?” Mr Abdullahi queried.

Mr Abdullahi lamented that since Mr Tinubu assumed office, analysts have identified at least seven appointments and several policy decisions that his government has announced and reversed.

He further accused the government of gloating over the ruling party’s victory in the Federal Capital Territory polls and being obsessed with the ADC’s membership registration.

Mr Abdullahi added that despite the current administration’s claim of “performing wonders,” Nigerians still live in poverty, adding, “at least six out of every ten Nigerians are unable to feed themselves.”

helinues:
This Abdullah don't even care if what he's saying make sense. He just want to oppose the government

The unserious opposition

johngwain:
E be like say you dey live for a different country, you no see how the country dey, for your deep conscience is the country moving well, what abdullahi said is the fact, I work with federal government as an assistant director. We all know the fact.

johngwain:
E be like say you dey live for a different country, you no see how the country dey, for your deep conscience is the country moving well, what abdullahi said is the fact, I work with federal government as an assistant director. We all know the fact.

helinues:
This Abdullah don't even care if what he's saying make sense. He just want to oppose the government

The unserious opposition

ybalogs:
Must you people talk? Most incompetent in Nigeria's history ? How?? Make una fear God ooo

maasoap:
He didn't lie though, everything was in the news recently. From health sector news to the one of interior ministry and the overall capital budget implementation for both 2024 and 2025 which stands at almost zero


This man removed subsidy on both fuel and naira, still borrowing escalated. And with all these reports and revelations coming back to back from the national assembly about zero capital budget implementation in the last two years, no sane Nigeria should defend this administration based on political party, religion or ethnic affiliation

ybalogs:
Must you people talk? Most incompetent in Nigeria's history ? How?? Make una fear God ooo

ybalogs:
Must you people talk? Most incompetent in Nigeria's history ? How??

Make una fear God ooo

anonimi:
May 1, 2025

May Day: Hunger, unemployment, insecurity real— Tinubu

According to him: “The theme demands our collective attention and serves as a stark reminder of the need to create an environment where every worker feels safe, valued, and empowered to contribute to the growth and prosperity of our nation. As your President, I assure you that this administration is committed to creating such an environment for the common good.”

On the economic hardship, he noted that while it is a global phenomenon, its effects on Nigerians are particularly severe.

Tinubu said: “I am aware of the peculiarities of the economic hardship Nigerians face—rising living costs, hunger, insecurity, unemployment, and the loss of livelihoods. These challenges are real and demand definitive solutions, which I am poised to address as your President.

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2025/05/may-day-hunger-unemployment-insecurity-real-tinubu/

Image123:
An opposition that only knows how to complain is like a nagging wife. Anyone can nag, you don't need to be smart or genius. Provide us a better reason and alternative.

Many of you were at the helm for over a decade. Stop playing disgruntled.
You're claiming no budget was implemented. Is recurrent expenditure not the unfortunate hugest part of the budgets? Is the government owing salaries of three years or even three months? Or that doesn't count? You that implemented budget for 16 years, where's the results? Current government is still paying your outstandings.

anonimi:
Petrol should never cost more than N70 per litre, says APC

January 19, 2015

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has described as mere tokenism the reduction of petrol price from N97 to N87 per litre, saying the petroleum product ordinarily should sell for N70.

On Sunday, the federal government announced the reduction of petrol price, citing the fall of global crude oil price.

But the APC through Lai Mohammed, its spokesman, on Monday accused the government of making a show out of deceit, saying “a 10.3 per cent slash in the price of petrol was a mere tokenism at a time the price of crude oil has crashed by about 60 per cent”.

It argued that the pump price of a litre of petrol should not be more than 70 Naira, alleging that at N87 per litre, the government was forcing Nigerians to subsidise the massive corruption in the oil sector by N17 for every litre of fuel.

https://www.thecable.ng/petrol-never-cost-n70-per-litre-says-apc/

simpleseyi:
.
Go and find a job and stop crying

johngwain:
E be like say you dey live for a different country, you no see how the country dey, for your deep conscience is the country moving well, what abdullahi said is the fact, I work with federal government as an assistant director. We all know the fact.

helinues:
You guys should know those to be making this arguments with.

Make una dey look face

maasoap:
Did you read all the revelations coming from the national assembly?
Stop the madness, stop supporting blindly. This is coming from an APC executive member. The future of my kids is connected to how this country is being governed.

ybalogs:
Must you people talk? Most incompetent in Nigeria's history ? How?? Make una fear God ooo

Image123:
An opposition that only knows how to complain is like a nagging wife. Anyone can nag, you don't need to be smart or genius. Provide us a better reason and alternative. Many of you were at the helm for over a decade. Stop playing disgruntled.
You're claiming no budget was implemented. Is recurrent expenditure not the unfortunate hugest part of the budgets? Is the government owing salaries of three years or even three months? Or that doesn't count? You that implemented budget for 16 years, where's the results? .

Image123:
An opposition that only knows how to complain is like a nagging wife. Anyone can nag, you don't need to be smart or genius. Provide us a better reason and alternative. Many of you were at the helm for over a decade. Stop playing disgruntled.
You're claiming no budget was implemented. Is recurrent expenditure not the unfortunate hugest part of the budgets? Is the government owing salaries of three years or even three months? Or that doesn't count? You that implemented budget for 16 years, where's the results? Current government is still paying your outstandings.

Sheuns:
No one will provide you an alternative. Your messiah claims he knows how to solve Nigeria's problems.

He condemned every PDP president since 1999

OneCandleAway:
Are you OK!

Opposition should provide alternative on how to run the country so the one in power should copy it abi? , so what did you elect APC to do, sit down and wait for opposition to bring ideas on governance.

You people don't even. Care about the future generation. The child hopeless on the street? It's only your 30k APC stipend that matters.