The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has dismissed the Presidency’s celebration of a reported letter from United States President Donald Trump to President Bola Tinubu, arguing that diplomatic correspondence cannot replace the judgment of Nigerians on the administration’s performance.
In a statement issued on Thursday in Abuja by its National Publicity Secretary, Bolaji Abdullahi, the opposition party accused the Tinubu administration of seeking international approval while many Nigerians continue to face economic hardship, insecurity and declining living conditions.
The ADC said exchanges between world leaders are standard diplomatic practice and should not be interpreted as endorsements of a government’s achievements.
According to the party, the reported letter from Trump neither changes the country’s security realities nor addresses the economic difficulties confronting citizens.
“What is apparent, however, is this administration’s desperation to seize upon any gesture of international recognition as proof of success at home. A letter from a foreign president, however well-intentioned, cannot substitute for the verdict of the Nigerian people. The true measure of any government is not what is written about it abroad, but what its citizens experience every day,” the statement partly read.
