The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has challenged Senator Abdul’aziz Yari, Director-General of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council, (PCC), to explain to Nigerians how the N15.8 trillion generated from fuel subsidy removal benefited them.
ADC in a statement by the National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, said despite the huge amount the Minister of Finance claimed to had accrued to the country from the removal of fuel subsidy, Nigerians are hungry, millions are still unemployed while roads across the country are passable.
“While government revenues soared, Nigerians became poorer,” the party stated, adding that if governments are receiving more money due to subsidy removal, why has it not translated into the living standards of Nigerians?
“Government is counting trillions while Nigerian families are counting the meals they can afford,” ADC said.
The party added that the situation was even more troubling “because increased revenues appeared to have led only to increased government borrowing.”
According to the ADC, about 20 states have reportedly borrowed N458 billion in 2025 despite the surge in FAAC receipts.
“After N47.25 trillion to states in three years, Nigerians have a right to ask: where are the results?
“If states received an additional N5.4 trillion from the reforms, let the government publish the projects.
“Show Nigerians the schools, hospitals, roads, and mass-transit systems that their sacrifice paid for,” the party challenged the APC.
ADC said the only thing that the APC government has to show for trillions of naira is payment of workers’ salaries that can no longer guarantee food on the table.
The party stated that national budgets had not been implemented by the APC-led Federal Government, while local contractors are not paid.
“The big lie is in government telling Nigerians that its reforms are working while driving the country towards certain destruction,” the party said.
ADC explained that it was not advocating a return to the corruption and opacity associated with the old subsidy regime, but an alternative that would prioritise domestic refining with targeted and transparent support aimed at lowering the price of fuel and reducing the cost of living for Nigerians.
“The 2027 election will not be about who shouted ‘liar’ the loudest. It will be about who can put food on Nigerians’ tables, create jobs, provide security, and reduce the cost of living.
“Nigerians have sacrificed enough. They need a break,” the party stated.
