August 28, 2026
African Democratic Congress, ADC, on Friday accused President Bola Tinubu of responding to the 2027 election rather than Nigerians’ suffering, dismissing the Federal Government’s renewed push to expand Compressed Natural Gas, CNG, transportation as a political gimmick coming three years too late.
For Nigerians who have spent three years battling soaring transport fares, food prices and shrinking purchasing power, the party said, the sudden urgency to make transportation cheaper is unlikely to pass for genuine concern.
In a statement signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, the ADC said the emergency meeting between Tinubu and state governors on reducing transportation costs was more a reaction to political pressure than a genuine response to hardship.
“They left the people to suffer for three years, and now that the election approaches they suddenly realise that they could make transportation cheaper,” Abdullahi said.
