ADC CONDEMNS NIGERIA’S EXCLUSION FROM US-AFRICA TRADE TALKS, BLASTS TINUBU’S FOREIGN POLICY

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has sharply criticized President Bola Tinubu’s administration following Nigeria’s exclusion from a key United States economic summit with select African countries. The forum, hosted at the White House, featured high-level trade discussions with the presidents of Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mauritania, and Senegal.
In a statement issued by its Interim National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, the ADC described Nigeria’s omission as an international snub and a damning reflection of the administration’s “incoherent diplomacy and economic mismanagement.”
“Although we are Africa’s largest economy, with the largest consumer market and the most influential diaspora, the United States chose to bypass us in favour of nations whose combined GDP is a fraction of ours,” the statement read.
The ADC said Nigeria’s absence from the summit was even more glaring given the global push for trade-focused partnerships and Nigeria’s prior role as a continental leader. The party also decried reports that the United States may impose a 10% tariff on Nigerian exports due to the country’s recent association with BRICS.
Referencing President Tinubu’s controversial week-long trip to St. Lucia—described as diplomatically inconsequential—the ADC argued that Nigeria had lost its leadership credibility under the APC government.
“Nigeria is too big, too important, and too proud to be left out of such critical dialogues,” the party declared. “We must reject the future the APC seeks to impose on us—one where we are ignored, sidelined, and treated as insignificant.”