The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has described the Federal Government’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) figures as a whitewash and said no government should be celebrating economic statistics while millions of its citizens are battling hunger, poverty, collapsing purchasing power, and rising hopelessness.

ADC, in a statement by the National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi said Nigerians are being confronted every day by unbearable food prices.

The party noted transportation costs have become punitive while “small businesses are shutting down daily under the crushing weight of inflation, energy costs, and weak consumer demand.

“Salaries have lost value. Families who once lived modestly are now struggling to survive. Yet this government wants Nigerians to applaud GDP growth figures.”

ADC told the Federal Government that Nigeria needs an economy that works for ordinary people, not an economy that only looks impressive in presentations to investors and international institutions.

It added that until growth is felt in the homes of ordinary citizens, through affordable food, stable electricity, decent jobs, lower business costs, and improved purchasing power, the All Progressives Congress (APC) led government has no moral basis to declare economic success.