BY OUR CORRESPONDENT
ABUJA — The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has raised a grave alarm over what it describes as a steady collapse of executive authority in the country, asserting that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is rapidly losing control of the Presidency.
In a strongly worded press statement released on Friday, July 17, 2026, the opposition party called on the National Assembly to immediately step in and establish whether the President remains fit to discharge the constitutional duties of his office.
The party’s intervention follows brewing controversies surrounding conflicting directives at the Border Communities Development Agency (BCDA) and the lingering dust over the controversial Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC).
According to the ADC, the current situation at the BCDA highlights a dangerous fracture within the highest echelons of federal power. Reports indicate that an official publicly removed from office by a direct presidential decree has allegedly defied the order, continuing to occupy the seat and holding high-level meetings with senior government functionaries.
The party warned that when an individual can comfortably ignore an explicit presidential directive, Nigeria is no longer dealing with minor administrative friction but rather a visible struggle for the control of executive power.
The ADC argued that the BCDA crisis is not an isolated event but part of a structural collapse in how government appointments and terminations are managed.
The party referenced the recent embarrassment caused by the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC)—a body that officially lacked legal existence but operated with elite state authority until its sudden collapse amid allegations of unauthorized collaboration with the President’s Chief of Staff.
The opposition party stated that these compounding incidents reveal an executive arm that has yielded its monopoly over the constitutional authority to appoint and dismiss public officers.
Under the current arrangement, the party noted, Nigerians can no longer tell if a presidential announcement is final or if a hidden, superior authority exists within the villa capable of quietly vetoing the President’s decisions.
The Tinubu administration was described by the ADC as an arena where official announcements constantly collide with unofficial power brokers, leaving the nation to be governed by a chaotic principle of “survival of the fittest.”
Beyond the appointments gridlock, the ADC heavily criticized the presidency’s pattern of abrupt policy reversals, which it claims has deeply damaged Nigeria’s economic and institutional credibility.
The party cautioned that this strategy of “announcing first, retreating later, and explaining afterwards” has left foreign investors second-guessing the country and the civil service bureaucracy completely paralyzed.
Concluding its statement, the ADC emphasized that these lapses are no longer mere political talking points but urgent constitutional crises threatening national stability.
The party challenged the National Assembly to demand definitive answers on who truly authorizes executive appointments and who possesses the clout to countermand the President’s written orders.
The ADC insists that the federal legislature must urgently probe the state of the presidency to restore institutional integrity and assure the public of a stable, unified command at the helm of the nation.
