Governor Babajide Sanwo-olu, James Faleke, the Governance Advisory Committee (GAC) and other All Progressives Congress (APC) members in Lagos State have endorsed President Bola Tinubu’s re-election and Obafemi Hamzat as the next governor of the state.

Speaking at The Renewed Hope Network (TRN) special congregational prayer for Tinubu, Sanwo-Olu said the President has done well in repositioning the country.

The Governor urged the people of the state to come out on Election Day to re-elect the President as well as elect Hamzat to lead the state.

The Convener of TRN, James Faleke, said President Tinubu has earned the right to lead Nigeria through years of steadfast service.

Faleke said the administration will continue to stand strong because it is rooted in the rule of law, built on real loyalty and dedicated to the progress of Nigerians.

He said: “When we started this journey years ago, many said the Renewed Hope Agenda was a mere campaign slogan. But today, we see the seeds of a new Nigeria being sown.

“We see a President who is not afraid of the hard decisions. It takes courage and a deep sense of empathy to make the decisions our president made.

“These decisions favoured the masses, but they displaced the few who had become comfortable living off the sweat of the people. These are the people you hear complaining today.

“They are the politically displaced outdated figures who are lamenting because they no longer have a say, and they no longer have access to the resources they once monopolised.

“They are crying because their era of selfish interest is over. They are struggling to find relevance in a Nigeria that has moved past them for the common good of all.

“The removal of the fuel subsidy was a bitter pill that had been sitting on the doctor’s table for decades. Past leaders saw it, they knew it was necessary, but they lacked the audacity to act.

“Nigeria needed that audacity to reach the next level. Our President took those bold steps on his very first day, daring the consequences and ignoring the selfish interests of a political class that had fed off the status quo for too long.

“This bold decision saved the nation money freeing and directing resources for development. At the subnational level, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has shown that true economic development is not centralised.

“With the bold implementation of local government financial autonomy and the review of the revenue allocation formula, we are unlocking new possibilities for genuine fiscal decentralisation and grassroots development.

“This is the Renewed Hope in action empowering every tier of government so that development reaches the grassroots where it matters most.

“To truly understand where we are today, it is important to have a brief recap of where we started, not with the intent to assign blame, but to appreciate the difficult foundation we inherited and the journey that brought us here.

“We must remember how heavy the air felt in late 2023. Let’s remember the ways and means era, where the poor man suffered its effect in suffocating inflation at about 33%, the government treated the Central Bank like a personal ATM, printing trillions of Naira that have no real value they caused the prices of food and fuel to skyrocket.

“They didn’t just print money, they printed poverty. Despite that high inflation, the minimum wage remained 30,000 Naira, while our external reserves were under serious pressure. Fuel queues that plagued Nigerians for years disappeared under President Bola Tinubu.”

In his welcome address, the Director General of TRN, Chief Mohammad Danmole, said the group is a dynamic grassroots political movement championing the re-election of President Bola Tinubu.

Danmole said: “The Renewed Hope Network (TRN) is not a conventional political organisation but a community-based mobilisation platform dedicated to Networking the Grassroots.

“Our mission is to directly engage with ordinary Nigerians in their own languages, respecting their cultures and traditions, while localising the Renewed Hope Agenda in every ward, polling unit, and community across the country.

“Our primary objective is to mobilise strong nationwide support for the re-election of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in 2027.

“Beyond elections, TRN seeks to promote civic participation, national unity, political inclusion, and good governance through structured grassroots engagement.”

During the prayer session, the Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Lagos State Chapter, Bishop Stephen Adegbite, prayed that God should give the President the enablement to finish the good work he has started in the country.

On his part, the Amir of NADWAT Global Assembly, Shaikh Rahman Lawal, prayed for the success of the 2027 general election.

He prayed that the President should be re-elected to continue working for the masses. He also prayed for a smooth transition of power in Lagos State.