Buhari’s burial: Presidency accuses ADC of crossing decency lines

The Presidency has accused the African Democratic Congress (ADC) of always crossing the lines of decency in its desperation to look like an opposition party.

Responding to the allegation raises by the ADC that President Bola Tinubu politicized the state burial of the late former President Muhammadu Buhari to gain political mileage, a Presidential spokesman, Sunday Dare, said such was “nothing but an opportunistic exercise in manufactured outrage — a laughable tantrum by a poorly amalgamated political contraption desperately clutching at straws for relevance it will never attain.

“This is not the first time the ADC — in its pitiful, stuttering attempts at reinvention — has embarrassed itself with hollow, attention-seeking criticisms and press releases. A party still grappling with an identity crisis presumes lecturing the President of the Federal Republic on governance, decorum, and public accountability. How utterly ridiculous.

“Since its emergence, the ADC has resorted to issuing disjointed press statements on every passing event to remind Nigerians it now exists. In its desperation to look like an opposition party, it has now crossed every known line of decency.

“Their latest press release, alleging that President Tinubu’s government is “exploiting” the passing of former President Muhammadu Buhari for political gain, is not only dishonest — it is an insult to millions of Nigerians who genuinely mourn the loss of a statesman, and who watched the State Burial accorded Buhari with solemn respect and dignity.

“Let it be said clearly: the ADC is the one exploiting Buhari’s death for political attention, not this government. They have chosen to dance on his grave for relevance.

“From Atiku and El Rufai’s choreographed arrival in Daura — greeted with chants seeking to make political capital from the solemnity of the moment — to this disgraceful press statement, the ADC has shown itself to be utterly shameless.

“For clarity, President Tinubu’s administration is neither desperate nor searching for cheap popularity.

“This government would rather allow its growing list of achievements to speak louder than the noisy irrelevance of groups like the ADC.

“The burial of former President Buhari was conducted with the complete honour befitting a leader of his stature.

That is why world leaders showed up, millions of Nigerians tuned in on television and across social media, and even ADC promoters were falling over themselves in Daura, prancing about the Buhari family compound like eager real estate agents scouting new territory.”

He listed the achievements of the Tinubu’s administration to include the stabilization of the Naira with the harmonization of exchange rates; oil production up to 1.7MBPD; FAAC allocations increased by over 60%; 31 states, once crippled by debt, are now paying salaries, pensions, and contractors and Naira decoupled from oil market volatility, regaining resilience.

He added that the Tinubu administration has also restored electricity to long neglected communities; infrastructure delivered including Ogbia-Nembe Road, Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway, Sokoto-Badagry Road, and more; about 400,000 benefitting from NELFuND; establishment of regional Commissions to drive balanced development nationwide.and the Consumer Credit Scheme launched — a first, laying the foundation for a credit-based economy and attacking corruption at its root.

While urging the leadership of the ADC to put its house in order by attending to it’s internal squabbles, Dare said Nigerians were not fooled by the party’s venomous statements that could not erase the facts if progress made by the Tinubu’s administration.

“Governance continues, Nigeria is stable, and President Tinubu remains focused on delivering the Renewed Hope Agenda, not on dignifying the desperate antics of political scavengers. Nigerians should ignore this political noise from an outfit gasping.”