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By Andrew Haruna | Abuja
The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has accused President Bola Tinubu and his administration of utilizing the dying of former President Muhammadu Buhari as a political software to realize public sympathy and revive dwindling help.
In an announcement launched Friday by Bolaji Abdullahi, the occasion’s Interim Nationwide Publicity Secretary, the ADC described the Federal Govt Council (FEC) tribute to Buhari as “a fastidiously orchestrated publicity stunt by an unpopular authorities.”
President Tinubu, throughout a particular FEC session on Thursday on the State Home in Abuja, had paid glowing tribute to the late former President, calling him “an excellent, first rate, and honourable man” who served Nigeria with self-discipline and integrity. The session was attended by members of Buhari’s household, Nationwide Meeting leaders, and different prime officers.
However the ADC was not impressed. The occasion argued that the identical administration that had persistently blamed Buhari for the nation’s financial difficulties had no ethical floor to now rejoice him publicly.
“This is identical authorities that spent over a yr distancing itself from Buhari’s insurance policies—gas subsidy, the economic system, and public service reforms. Now they’re draping themselves in his legacy to attain low-cost political factors, notably within the North,” the ADC stated.
The occasion didn’t mince phrases in condemning the inclusion of Buhari’s son, Yusuf, within the FEC session, calling it a “shameful exploitation” of a grieving household’s loss.
“What sort of authorities makes use of a mourning son to wash up its public picture?” the occasion requested. “This wasn’t a present of real grief; it was theatre, full with cameras, scripts, and spin.”
The ADC reiterated that since assuming workplace, Tinubu’s administration had painted Buhari because the architect of Nigeria’s woes—accusing him of financial mismanagement and monetary recklessness.
“For months, they offered Nigerians the narrative that Buhari was the issue and Tinubu was the answer,” the assertion continued. “Now that the political winds have shifted, they need to rewrite historical past.”
The ADC warned that the FEC tribute was just the start of a wider marketing campaign to make use of Buhari’s dying to regain political floor, insisting that Nigerians are sensible to the ploy.
“No quantity of PR or stage-managed mourning can repair a authorities that, for almost two years, has dominated extra like an occupying power than a management dedicated to the folks’s welfare,” the occasion stated.
The opposition occasion urged Nigerians to reject what it referred to as “insincere shows of grief” and give attention to holding the federal government accountable for its efficiency.
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