{
  "id": 1776720,
  "title": "ADC: Rising food prices shows Tinubu has run out of ideas",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/adc-rising-food-prices-shows-tinubu-has-run-out-of-ideas",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-18T17:10:26.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Trust",
    "slug": "daily-trust",
    "url": "https://dailytrust.com/adc-rising-food-prices-shows-tinubu-has-run-out-of-ideas/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has condemned the Tinubu administration for soaring food prices, asserting that President Tinubu and his government lack a solution to Nigeria's cost of living crisis. In a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, the party declared that the Tinubu government has \"run out of ideas.\" They argued that the government's current strategy, which solely focuses on core inflation figures, fails to address the daily hardships faced by ordinary Nigerians.\n\nThe ADC pointed to the latest inflation reports from the National Bureau of Statistics, which indicated that Nigeria's headline inflation rate dropped from 15.91% in June to 15.43% in July. However, they expressed concern over the government's persistent emphasis on this statistical indicator, while ignoring the more critical measure of food inflation. Despite the slight moderation in headline inflation, food inflation surged by 48% in July, with prices of staples like rice, tomatoes, onions, pepper, beef, eggs, and garri increasing significantly.\n\nThe ADC highlighted that the Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) report revealed that 35 million Nigerians face acute food insecurity, with millions of children at risk of malnutrition. The party criticized the Tinubu administration for making claims of economic progress while Nigerians continue to struggle to afford food. Abdullahi urged a responsible government to acknowledge its limitations and admit defeat if its current approach fails to yield results. He proposed several measures that an ADC-led government would undertake to address the issue, including integrating agricultural interventions, directly tackling production costs, ensuring farmers' safety, improving transportation to reduce food costs, and establishing a transparent national food reserve to stabilize market prices for both consumers and producers.",
  "summary": "The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has criticised the Tinubu administration over rising food prices, saying the latest inflation reports indicate that the President and his government have no solution to the cost of living crisis. In a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, the party said the Tinubu government has “run out […]",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Daily Post Nigeria",
        "title": "Tinubu government has run out of ideas – ADC",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/tinubu-government-has-run-out-of-ideas-adc",
        "published": "2026-08-18T18:11:08.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}