{"id":178825,"date":"2025-09-14T19:36:24","date_gmt":"2025-09-14T18:36:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/new-taxes-apc-determined-to-compound-nigerians-pains-adc"},"modified":"2025-09-14T20:42:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-14T19:42:07","slug":"new-taxes-apc-determined-to-compound-nigerians-pains-adc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/new-taxes-apc-determined-to-compound-nigerians-pains-adc","title":{"rendered":"New taxes: APC determined to compound Nigerians\u2019 pains \u2013 ADC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The African Democratic Congress, ADC, has accused the All Progressives Congress, APC-led federal government of compounding the pains Nigerians are currently going through.<\/p>\n<p>This is in reaction to the move by the federal government to implement both fuel and aviation taxes, effective from next year.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking with journalists during the weekend in Abuja, the National Publicity Secretary of the party, Bolaji Abdullahi, said the APC-led federal government has no plan to mitigate the pains of Nigerians.<\/p>\n<p>Abdullahi said Nigerians are already facing crippling economic challenges in the face of removal of fuel subsidy, devaluation of the Naira and scary foreign debts.<\/p>\n<p>The ADC spokesman stated that Nigerians were determined to oust the APC in next general elections as a fresh mandate for the Tinubu-led administration would push them to early graves.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou said we\u2019ve been critical of the ruling party, that\u2019s our work. That\u2019s what opposition parties do. And that\u2019s what they hate most, because they want to create a condition where no one will ask questions, where no one will shine the light on what they are doing. But that\u2019s our work as opposition parties.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow, having said that, the question of whether four years is enough, yes, we\u2019ve seen people who have recorded sterling achievements within four years,\u201d he said.<\/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 accused the All Progressives Congress, APC-led federal government of compounding the pains Nigerians are currently going through. This is in reaction to the move by the federal government to implement both fuel and aviation taxes, effective from next year. 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