{"id":172409,"date":"2025-08-04T08:20:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T07:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/adc-criticizes-tinubu-government-over-lagos-airport-project"},"modified":"2025-08-04T09:22:29","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T08:22:29","slug":"adc-criticizes-tinubu-government-over-lagos-airport-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/adc-criticizes-tinubu-government-over-lagos-airport-project","title":{"rendered":"ADC Criticizes Tinubu Government Over Lagos Airport Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has criticised President Tinubu\u2019s plan to use more than \u20a6712 billion to renovate the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos.<\/p>\n<p>This was contained in a statement issued on Sunday by its National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi.<\/p>\n<p>According to the statement, the ADC said the project is a waste of public funds and shows the government is out of touch with the realities Nigerians are facing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe African Democratic Congress (ADC) strongly rejects the shocking \u20a6712 billion airport renovation plan announced by the Tinubu government, calling it yet another clear example of careless spending and lack of concern for the people. The party said the decision shows just how disconnected the APC-led government has become from the real struggles that ordinary Nigerians face every day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to the ADC, spending \u20a6712 billion on an already upgraded airport doesn\u2019t make sense when schools are underfunded, healthcare is unaffordable, and many Nigerians are suffering due to poor government decisions.<\/p>\n<p>The party added that what the aviation sector needs is not another gold-plated terminal but proper maintenance and the development of regional airports to improve connectivity across Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has criticised President Tinubu\u2019s plan to use more than \u20a6712 billion to renovate the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos. This was contained in a statement issued on Sunday by its National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi. According to the statement, the ADC said the project is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":172407,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[118,254,945],"class_list":["post-172409","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-adc","tag-nigeria","tag-tinubu"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>ADC Criticizes Tinubu Government Over Lagos Airport Project - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has criticised President Tinubu\u2019s plan to use more than \u20a6712 billion to renovate t ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/adc-criticizes-tinubu-government-over-lagos-airport-project\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"ADC Criticizes Tinubu Government Over Lagos Airport Project\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has criticised President Tinubu\u2019s plan to use more than \u20a6712 billion to renovate t ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/adc-criticizes-tinubu-government-over-lagos-airport-project\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-08-04T07:20:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-08-04T08:22:29+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/sm_1754283271.662967.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/adc-criticizes-tinubu-government-over-lagos-airport-project#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/adc-criticizes-tinubu-government-over-lagos-airport-project\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"ADC Criticizes Tinubu Government Over Lagos Airport Project\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-08-04T07:20:10+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-08-04T08:22:29+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/adc-criticizes-tinubu-government-over-lagos-airport-project\"},\"wordCount\":209,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/adc-criticizes-tinubu-government-over-lagos-airport-project#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/sm_1754283271.662967.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"ADC\",\"Nigeria\",\"Tinubu\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/adc-criticizes-tinubu-government-over-lagos-airport-project#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/adc-criticizes-tinubu-government-over-lagos-airport-project\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/adc-criticizes-tinubu-government-over-lagos-airport-project\",\"name\":\"ADC Criticizes Tinubu Government Over Lagos Airport Project - 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