The All Progressives Congress has praised President Bola Tinubu for showing “uncommon courage and resolve” in guiding Nigeria through challenging but necessary reforms in 2025.
The party made the statement on Wednesday in its end-of-year review of the nation’s state, issued by the Lagos State APC Publicity Secretary, Seye Oladejo.
According to the APC, 2025 was a pivotal year that demanded bold leadership and difficult decisions.
The party emphasized that Tinubu opted to confront “decades of economic mismanagement and governance failures” that previous administrations had avoided.
“President Bola Ahmed Tinubu chose the difficult path of dismantling decades of economic deceit, fiscal indiscipline and governance cowardice,” the APC said.
It added that the reforms implemented were deep and structural, targeting entrenched privileges and “rent-seeking networks” that had thrived on Nigeria’s challenges.
The party expressed concern that some political actors exploited the hardships caused by the reforms to portray Nigeria as a failed state for their own political gain.
The APC described the opposition to the reforms as “unpatriotic and self-serving.”
“Predictably, resistance followed, but this resistance was not patriotic dissent; it was calculated sabotage. A section of the political class chose to weaponise hardship, amplify fear and market Nigeria as a failed state,” it said.
The party argued that the challenges Nigeria faced in 2025 went beyond economic and security issues, representing “a test of national loyalty.”
“What Nigeria faced in 2025 was not merely an economic challenge, but a crisis of patriotism,” the APC added.
It also accused opposition politics of being invested in national decline.
“Never in recent history has opposition politics been so openly invested in national collapse. Yet, in spite of this organised resistance, Nigeria did not collapse,” the statement said.
The APC highlighted that early signs of recovery were appearing across key economic sectors. It pointed to infrastructure development, efforts to reduce fiscal leakages, and intensified security operations, noting that investor confidence was beginning to return.
“The economy began to reorder itself, fiscal leakages were blocked, and investor confidence showed early signs of recovery. Critical infrastructure projects advanced, while security interventions intensified across the country,” the party said.
It attributed these gains to leadership that refused to yield to pressure and disinformation, emphasizing that “Nigeria could not be rebuilt by those who desired its failure.”
Finally, the APC urged Nigerians to embrace reform, sacrifice, and discipline for nation-building, expressing confidence in the country’s future.
“Nigeria will emerge stronger because patriotism, though tested, will defeat perfidy,” it said.