As 2025 draws to a close, the Lagos State Chapter of the All-Progressives Congress (APC) has issued a stark assessment of Nigeria’s political landscape, praised President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s bold reforms while condemned opposition forces for what it calls deliberate sabotage.
In a statement released on December 24, Lagos APC Spokesman Mogaji (Hon) Seye Oladejo described the year as “a year of unavoidable reform,” with President Tinubu tackling “decades of economic deceit, fiscal indiscipline, and governance cowardice” ignored by previous administrations.
“These reforms were not cosmetic; they struck at entrenched privileges, rent-seeking networks, and political profiteers who had fed fat on national dysfunction,” Oladejo said.
However, the statement highlighted that this progress met fierce resistance.
“This resistance was not patriotic dissent—it was calculated sabotage,” he said, accusing some political actors of weaponizing hardship and amplifying fear to undermine national stability.
“Their message was clear: if they could not rule Nigeria, then Nigeria must bleed.”
Oladejo framed 2025 as a “crisis of patriotism,” with opposition politics openly invested in national collapse.
“Every reform was opposed, every sacrifice mocked, every temporary pain exaggerated, all in a reckless bid to score cheap political points ahead of future elections.”
Despite these challenges, the APC pointed to positive developments: “The economy began to reorder itself. Fiscal leakages were blocked.
Investor confidence showed early signs of recovery. Critical infrastructure projects advanced. Security interventions intensified.”
The statement stressed, “Patriotism is tested in moments of difficulty, not in seasons of comfort. Those who rooted against Nigeria in 2025 have failed that test.”
Oladejo concluded by urging Nigerians to choose between “reform, resilience, and responsibility—or resistance, regression, and ruin,” warning that “Nigeria will emerge stronger, not because the enemies of reform have gone silent, but because patriotism—tested and bruised—will ultimately defeat perfidy.”
The Lagos APC’s declaration marks a firm defense of the government’s reform agenda amid ongoing political tensions, underscoring the party’s call for unity and sacrifice as essential to national development and stability.
