'This Is Cruelty' - ADC Criticises FG’s $1bn Social Protection Programme
Bolaji Abdullahi said the party questioned the plan’s funding and oversight, and cited more than N600 billion in cash transfers to over 10 million households.
- The African Democratic Congress criticized the Federal Government's $1 billion social protection program, describing it as a reactive measure to presidential candidate Alhaji Atiku Abubakar's proposal for a targeted production subsidy to reduce living costs.
- Nigerians have struggled with rising food and energy costs for three years while the government insisted funds were unavailable, only to introduce this major intervention as the 2027 elections approach.
- National Publicity Secretary Bolaji Abdullahi questioned the role of First Lady Senator Oluremi Tinubu in the launch while demanding evidence for the more than 10 million households reportedly receiving N600 billion in past cash transfers.
- The ADC argued the proposed N40,000 "shock-response payment" acts as a political tool to influence voters rather than providing meaningful relief from the administration's failed economic reforms.
- Calling the administration's reforms "ill-conceived," the party stated that if the government admits Nigerians need protection, it should acknowledge Atiku Abubakar was correct that "reform without relief is not courage; it is cruelty.
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