The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to settle for the latest World Bank report displaying a pointy rise in poverty throughout Nigeria.
In accordance to them, it’s clear proof that his administration’s financial policies have worsened the dwelling circumstances of tens of millions of residents.
In a press release launched on Thursday and signed by its Nationwide Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, the social gathering stated the World Bank’s October 2025 report which revealed that 139 million Nigerians are actually dwelling beneath the poverty line, up from 81 million in 2019 exposes the federal government’s financial failures and misplaced priorities.
“The World Bank’s report tells a painful reality below the APC and President Bola Tinubu’s management, extra Nigerians have slipped into poverty than ever earlier than.
“In 2019, 4 out of each ten Nigerians have been poor; right this moment, that quantity has risen to not less than six out of ten,” the ADC stated.
“But, throughout his Independence Day speech, President Tinubu claimed that the worst is over, quoting figures that now seem to be nothing greater than fastidiously crafted propaganda to paint a false image of progress.
“Behind these polished numbers lies the cruel actuality of rising human struggling households going hungry, kids leaving faculty, and households promoting their few possessions simply to afford meals and drugs.”
In accordance to the assertion, below the APC authorities, about 30 million extra Nigerians have fallen into excessive poverty, unable to afford sufficient meals even when they spend all they earn on it.
“The federal government could boast of report revenues and stability, however the reality is Nigerians are getting poorer day-after-day,” the ADC stated.
“Meals costs have skyrocketed, with a bag of rice now 5 instances costlier than 4 years in the past. Most poor households spend practically all their revenue simply to eat, whereas social security nets have virtually vanished.
“The World Bank’s information clearly exhibits that life has turn into more durable below the APC and President Tinubu, and as an alternative of denying this actuality, the federal government ought to settle for the information and act earlier than issues worsen.”
The ADC stated Nigeria’s social security nets have collapsed, with protection dropping from 20% in 2019 to simply 6% in 2025, and authorities support to the poorest residents practically non-existent.
It accused the APC authorities of masking the nation’s deepening poverty via deceptive statistics, noting that Nigeria’s poverty line is about far beneath world requirements; a transfer that hides, relatively than helps, the poor.
The social gathering urged President Tinubu to settle for the World Bank’s verdict and deal with the worsening hardship as an alternative of redefining poverty to go well with his administration’s narrative.
“What Nigeria wants now isn’t beauty reform however real management that places folks first,” the ADC said.
“Inclusive development should transcend slogans. it needs to be a deliberate technique. We name on the Tinubu-led APC authorities to cease mistaking income assortment for progress and as an alternative deal with meals safety, job creation, and robust social safety methods to help the tens of millions pushed into vulnerability by its poor financial policies.”
