The African Democratic Congress described the All Progressives Congress’s newly released 2027 manifesto as a shameless repackaging of promises made in 2023, many of which remain unfulfilled.

In a statement on Thursday, ADC’s spokesman, Bolaji Abdullahi, said the manifesto read like that of a new political party seeking power for the first time, rather than that of a party that has governed Nigeria since 2015 and presided over one of the worst affordability crises Nigerians have experienced.

“In 2023,  Mr Tinubu promised health insurance for 40 per cent of Nigerians within two years, but today barely one in ten Nigerians is covered, and the same target has been moved to 2031,” the statement said. “In 2023, the APC described the electricity supply of 4,500 megawatts as a crisis. Its new manifesto acknowledges an average generation of just 4,022 megawatts.”

It added that the president promised one million ICT jobs within 24 months, while his government’s own figures show only about 15,000 jobs and pathways to opportunity. The ADC questioned how a government that campaigned to solve a crisis has made it remarkably worse.

According to the ADC, Mr Tinubu now promises a programme for his first 100 days after re-election, including measures he already has the executive power to implement.

The party restated that Nigerians should not have to re-elect a president to get him to do the job they elected him to do four years earlier.

It explained that Mr Tinubu wants Nigerians to forget that poverty has risen to 63 per cent under his watch, describing the N70,000 minimum wage as valueless because it has lost its purchasing power when millions of families can no longer afford necessities.