The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, on Tuesday, condemned the laughable opposition claim that “neglecting Warri, Calabar, Onne, and Port Harcourt ports while spending $1 billion on Lagos port” amounts to economic sabotage.
It said the reckless statement only exposes the opposition’s chronic ignorance of basic economics and governance.
Mogaji Seye Oladejo, the spokesman of the state arm of the party, said the opposition’s loud opinions are rarely backed by facts, figures, or even a faint understanding of national policy direction.
Noting that the opposition is too lazy to learn, Oladejo said the Federal Government under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda is not “neglecting” any port.
In a statement he signed, Oladejo said: “The $1 billion investment in the Lagos Deep Sea Port is part of a nationwide modernization blueprint designed to transform Nigeria into West Africa’s premier maritime hub.
”It is not a Lagos project – it is a Nigeria project, attracting foreign direct investment from China Harbour Engineering Company and Singapore’s Tolaram Group, both of whom saw in President Tinubu’s vision a business environment worth their billions.
”Meanwhile, the same administration is executing the following: Onne Port modernization, including equipment upgrade and digitalization; Dredging of Calabar Port, to increase draft depth and accommodate larger vessels; Rehabilitation of the Port Harcourt Port complex, under a new concessionary framework; and Warri Port corridor expansion, with new rail link integration to ease inland cargo movement.
”But of course, the opposition wouldn’t know this – they’re too busy tweeting ignorance and recycling talking points from the political dustbin.”
Oladejo said the $1 billion Lagos Port investment is not “sabotage”; it’s economic foresight.
”It’s about creating jobs, boosting exports, and ending decades of inefficiency that made Nigerian ports some of the most expensive in Africa,” he said.
Oladejo said the Lekki Deep Sea Port, Nigeria’s first fully automated port, is already redefining port management, increasing turnaround time, and boosting revenue to government coffers, adding: “It’s the kind of progress that threatens those whose only skill in politics is complaining without contributing.”
”The only sabotage here is the opposition’s attempt to weaponize regional sentiment against national progress. The tragedy is not that they don’t understand economics – it’s that they don’t care to learn.”
