Nigerians are starving under your watch, ADC tells Tinubu

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has described the reported rise in acute hunger affecting more than 17 million Nigerians as a government-created humanitarian disaster, blaming the President Bola Tinubu administration’s policies, insecurity and economic management for the worsening food crisis.

The opposition party was reacting to a report by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), which indicated that over 17 million people across nine conflict-affected northern states are facing acute hunger.

In a statement signed by Bolaji Abdullahi, its National Publicity Secretary, the ADC accused the Tinubu-led administration of “cruel indifference” to the humanitarian crisis, arguing that its failure to curb terrorism and banditry, protect farming communities and address soaring food prices has pushed millions of Nigerians into hunger.

According to the WFP, over 17 million Nigerians across nine conflict-affected northern states are experiencing crisis, emergency or catastrophic levels of food insecurity, nearly two million more than earlier projections.

“The figures are not opposition statistics or campaign rhetoric. They are the findings of the world’s leading humanitarian agency on hunger,” the party said.

The ADC argued that the crisis was the predictable outcome of a government that had failed to secure lives, protect farmers and address the rising cost of living.

The party said its manifesto prioritises food security through improved support for smallholder farmers, irrigation, strategic grain reserves and coordinated security measures.

“The WFP has now confirmed what millions of Nigerians already know from painful daily experience. Hunger is spreading, insecurity is winning, and this government has no plan,” the statement added.