Two opposition parties are pushing back against President Bola Tinubu's newly expanded Presidential Campaign Council, and they are not holding back. The African Democratic Congress and the Allied Peoples Movement have both come out against the move, pointing fingers at the ruling All Progressives Congress for what they describe as putting political alliances ahead of the everyday concerns of ordinary Nigerians.
The ADC and APM are framing this as a question of priorities. Their position is that growing a campaign structure signals where the APC's attention truly sits, and it is not, they argue, on the welfare of the people the party was elected to serve.
With the political temperature already running warm ahead of future electoral cycles, opposition voices like these are a reminder that scrutiny of the presidency is not going anywhere. How the APC responds to this kind of pressure will be worth watching closely.
Originally published by AllAfrica.