“Most incompetent government in Nigeria’s history” – ADC blasts Tinubu’s administration

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has described the administration of President Bola Tinubu as the “most incompetent government in Nigeria’s history”.

In a statement on Thursday, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, national publicity secretary of the party, cited what he called fiscal confusion and repeated policy reversals as evidence of poor governance.

Abdullahi said the administration has created unprecedented confusion in the implementation of national budgets.

His words: “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.

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

“Overall implementation hovered at less than 30 percent even as internal disbursements continued to lag.”

Abdullahi rejected the government’s explanation that the overlapping budgets were part of a strategy to complete multi-year capital projects.

The ADC spokesperson said 30 percent of the 2025 budget is expected to run from February 2026 to November 30, 2026.

He added that the remaining 70 percent has been rolled over into the 2026 budget currently under consideration by the national assembly.

“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,” he said.

Abdullahi said the ministry of defence recorded the highest budget performance at 113.45 percent due largely to emergency funding through the service-wide vote, adding that insecurity has persisted despite the increased spending.

“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.

Abdullahi also accused the administration of repeatedly reversing policy decisions and appointments.

“Since this government came on board, analysts have identified at least seven appointments and several policy decisions that the government has announced and reversed either almost immediately or after public uproar,” he said.