By Our Reporter
The Lagos State Chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC) unequivocally aligns itself with the New Year message of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, declaring pointedly that there would be no retreat from reform and no distraction by the noise of those it described as "failed alternatives."
Lagos APC gave this position in a statement issued by its spokesperson, Hon. Seye Oladejo, copy of which was made available to newsmen on Thursday, describing President Tinubu's New Year address as a blunt reminder that leadership is not an entertainment contest nor a popularity poll. It is the burden.
According to Oladejo, leadership is the burden of making tough choices in the national interest, noting that it was about the choices that "those who wrecked Nigeria for decades conveniently avoided and now loudly criticize from the sidelines."
The party said that President Tinubu spoke with the confidence of a man who understands both the depth of Nigeria’s challenges and the courage required to confront them, pointing out that his message reaffirmed what Nigerians already knew that the era of economic escapism, fiscal recklessness, and governance by deception is over, just as added that the Renewed Hope Agenda was not a slogan, but "a reset, and resets are never painless."
President Tinubu’s New Year address was a blunt reminder that leadership is not an entertainment contest nor a popularity poll.
"It is the burden of making tough choices in the national interest-choices that those who wrecked Nigeria for decades conveniently avoided and now loudly criticize from the sidelines.
"The president spoke with the confidence of a man who understands both the depth of Nigeria’s challenges and the courage required to confront them.
"His message reaffirmed what Nigerians already know: that the era of economic escapism, fiscal recklessness, and governance by deception is over. The Renewed Hope Agenda is not a slogan-it is a reset, and resets are never painless," Oladejo stated.
APC noted with satisfaction that despite the orchestrated hysteria of a disoriented opposition, Nigeria was recording measurable progress, pointing out that"Macroeconomic indicators are stabilizing, investor confidence is rebounding, infrastructure investments are gaining momentum, and decisive steps are being taken to reclaim national security."
The party, while further noting that these gains were not accidents, but early dividends of leadership that refused to mortgage the future for applause, stated clearly that the president would not be stampeded, blackmailed, or distracted by those who have nothing to offer beyond recycled excuses and empty rhetoric.
"The same voices predicting doom today are the very architects of yesterday’s decay. Nigerians have seen this movie before and rejected it at the ballot box.
"As the political and economic heartbeat of the nation, Lagos stands solidly with the President. Lagos understands reform. Lagos has lived it. Lagos knows that progress demands discipline, patience, and sacrifice. That is why Lagos APC will continue to defend, support, and advance the president’s New Year direction without apology," the party said.
The party, therefore, called on Nigerians to remain focused and resolute, assuring that the road to national renewal was being travelled with clarity of purpose and firmness of resolve.
APC further assured that Nigeria is moving forward whether the cynics like it or not, vowing that there would be no distraction.
"We call on Nigerians to remain focused and resolute. The road to national renewal is being travelled with clarity of purpose and firmness of resolve. There will be no retreat. There will be no distraction. Nigeria is moving forward-whether the cynics like it or not," the party vowed.
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