ADC urges N’Assembly to probe fitness of President Tinubu
By Precious Mark
The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has urged the National Assembly to immediately investigate whether President Bola Ahmed Tinubu remains fit to discharge the duties of his office.
The ADC’s call is coming on the heels of scandals rocking appointments made by the Presidency.
In a statement issued on Friday by the National Spokesperson of the ADC, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, the Party expressed alarm over a series of leadership disputes in federal agencies, specifically pointing to recent developments at the Border Communities Development Agency (BCDA).
The party alleged that the presidency is currently entangled in an embarrassing spectacle where an official presidential directive replacing the agency’s leadership is being ignored, with the former head refusing to vacate office and continuing to host official government meetings.
“When a President announces the appointment of one person and another simply ignores that directive and carries on in office, Nigeria is no longer witnessing administrative confusion. We are witnessing a struggle for control of the Presidency itself,” the ADC declared.
The party stressed that the BCDA leadership tussle is not an isolated incident, linking it to a broader, highly troubling breakdown of administrative oversight.
The ADC cited the recent multi-billion naira scandal surrounding the “Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council” (PFIPC)—an agency the Presidency publicly disowned and declared “fictitious” despite it being captured with a N1.3 billion allocation in the legally signed 2026 Appropriation Act.
“Today, Nigerians no longer know whether an appointment announced by the Presidency is final, whether a dismissal actually takes effect, or whether someone somewhere possesses a superior authority capable of overruling presidential decisions without explanation,” the party stated.
The ADC argued that under the current administration, official executive pronouncements have routinely been reduced to mere suggestions competing with powerful backdoor interests.
This internal friction, the party warned, has reduced national governance to a system “governed by the principle of the survival of the fittest,” severely damaging institutional clarity and eroding the confidence of local and international investors.
Compounding this crisis of authority, the ADC condemned the administration’s persistent reliance on knee-jerk public policy reversals.
The party recalled the swift suspension of the controversial Cybersecurity Levy following intense nationwide pushback, as well as the immediate withdrawal of the Expatriate Employment Levy after investor resistance, painting a picture of a government that habitually “announces first, retreats later, and explains afterwards.”
Demanding immediate transparency over who truly wields executive power in the country, the ADC challenged federal lawmakers to step in.
The party insisted that the National Assembly must look beyond curated media releases to answer hard constitutional questions regarding who authorizes appointments, who is countermanding direct presidential orders, and how a fake agency successfully embedded itself into the national budget.