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After GOD Is Earthly Government

Fellow Lagosians, fellow Nigerians, brothers and sisters in the struggle for a just society.

Today, the Action Democratic Party (ADP) Lagos stands before the good people of our state and our nation to speak a simple but eternal truth - After God is earthly government.
God is the ultimate authority, the Creator of order, justice, and righteousness. But here on earth, He entrusts leadership and governance to men and women. Governance is not a man-made invention; it is a divine responsibility. And because it comes from God, it must reflect righteousness, compassion, and accountability.

Scripture declares a timeless principle: “Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people.”
This is not mere religious poetry; it is a political, economic, and social law. A righteous nation rises; a corrupt nation collapses. The direction of a nation is directly tied to the character of its leadership and the morality of its governance.

RIGHTEOUS GOVERNMENT UPLIFTS; CORRUPT GOVERNMENT DESTROYS

When government policies are righteous, citizens prosper.
When leaders fear God and love the people, peace reigns.
When rulers place the welfare of the people above personal gain, development flows like a river.
When justice is upheld, every citizen - rich or poor, young or old - has a place of dignity in society.

But when governance becomes corrupt, selfish, and oppressive, the nation sinks.

👉 Corruption destroys the economy.

👉 Autocracy destroys freedom.

👉 Greed destroys institutions.

👉 Injustice destroys hope.

A corrupt government can turn a land of abundance into a land of hunger. It can turn a promising future into a painful nightmare. It can make citizens flee instead of flourish.

This is why Nigeria groans today.
Not because God has abandoned us, but because too many of our leaders have abandoned righteousness. Too many have abandoned compassion. Too many have abandoned the people whose mandate they hold.

THE DANGER OF AUTOCRATS IN GOVERNMENT

We must speak with boldness and clarity: autocrats are the greatest threat to the welfare of the people, and ultimately our democracy.
👉 An autocrat is proud.
👉 An autocrat is greedy.
👉 An autocrat is power-drunk, insecure, and ruthless.
👉 An autocrat sees himself as king, not servant; as master, not leader.

👉 Autocrats treat the people as subjects rather than citizens.
👉 They silence dissent, suppress truth, and use fear as a tool of control.
👉 They believe power is their birthright and the people exist to be ruled, manipulated, and exploited.

Under AUTOCRACY:

👉 Hunger becomes a weapon.

👉 Poverty becomes a trap.

👉 Fear becomes a culture.

👉 Institutions become personal property.

When autocrats rule, the land groans - families groan under rising costs, businesses groan under harsh policies, students groan under hopeless futures, and workers groan under stagnant wages.

That is why ADP Lagos says with all honesty and responsibility:

We must stand against autocrats. We must reject their systems, condemn their methods, and refuse their oppression.

STAND WITH DEMOCRATS - THE DEFENDERS OF YOUR WELFARE

👉 Where autocrats rule by fear, Democrats govern with freedom.
👉 Where autocrats chase personal glory, Democrats pursue public welfare.
👉 Where autocrats silence the people, Democrats empower the people.
👉 Where autocrats destroy institutions, Democrats strengthen them.

Democrats are not perfect, but their philosophy is anchored in justice, accountability, transparency, and human dignity.

👉Democrats believe that government must serve, not enslave.
👉Democrats believe that power belongs to the people, not to a closed circle of selfish elites.
👉Democrats believe that national wealth must be shared, not hoarded.
👉Democrats believe that governance must uplift the poor, protect the vulnerable, and reward hard work.

This is the spirit of true democratic leadership.
This is the spirit of people-centered governance.
This is the spirit of the Action Democratic Party (ADP) Lagos. We stand for freedom. We stand for accountability. We stand for compassion. We stand for justice. We stand for equal opportunity. We stand for the welfare and dignity of every Lagosian.

THE CALL TO ACTION

Fellow citizens, the future of our state and our nation will not be determined by chance. It will be determined by your choice.
And today, we ask you to:
👉 Choose righteousness over corruption.
👉 Choose hope over fear.
👉 Choose freedom over oppression.
👉 Choose democracy over autocracy.
👉 Choose leaders who fear God and love the people.
👉 Choose governance that uplifts and does not destroy.

This is not just politics - it is a moral duty, a civic responsibility, and a generational calling.

CONCLUSION

After God is earthly government.
And if government must reflect God’s justice, it must be righteous, compassionate, truthful, accountable, and people-centered.
It must reject autocracy and embrace democracy.
It must reject oppression and embrace welfare.
It must reject greed and embrace service.

ADP Lagos stands on this truth.
We rise on this principle.
We fight for this cause.
And we call on every Lagosian, every Nigerian, every believer in justice and progress - stand with us to build a government that honours God and uplifts His people.

A righteous government exalts a nation. Let us choose righteousness. Let us choose democracy. Let us choose the welfare of the people.

ADP Lagos - The People’s Voice.

Signed:
ADP Lagos Media & Communications

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The truth is simple yet bitter - the ruling party in Lagos has long forgotten that governance is about the people. Instead of nurturing a people-centered economy, the state has nurtured a political dynasty. Instead of investing in human welfare, it has invested in politics of control. We see infrastructural facades, yet poverty multiplies beneath every flyover. We see taxes increase yearly, yet public welfare decreases daily. We see government officials prosper, while the people struggle to survive....

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NIGERIANS ARE NOT TOO POOR TO REVOLT – POVERTY IS THE REASON WE MUST REVOLT

The Action Democratic Party (ADP) Lagos chapter responds with outrage and clarity to the statement by former Jigawa State Governor, Alhaji Sule Lamido, who, in a stunning admission, declared that “Nigerians are too poor to revolt… The ordinary man is already in hell and has nothing to lose.”

This is no slip of the tongue. This is not careless talk. It is an unvarnished confession from a member of Nigeria’s ruling elite – a lightning flash exposing what the political establishment has long denied but always practiced: a deliberate system of impoverishment, humiliation, and manipulation of the people, designed to keep them too weak, too hungry, and too divided to challenge their oppressors.

The Ruling Elite Have Confessed:

Lamido’s words are not just his own. They echo the mindset of a parasitic class of politicians and businessmen who have fed fat on Nigeria’s resources while ordinary Nigerians – from the vulcaniser in Enugu to the market woman in Ibadan, the fisherman in Bayelsa to the okada rider in Delta – toil endlessly only to fall deeper into despair.

According to him, the elites “up there” unite – they share money, they divide contracts, they quarrel in public but laugh together in private – while the masses are deliberately stripped of dignity, kept in constant survival mode, denied education, social security, and the chance to organize.

This is the political plantation system of Nigeria: keep the slaves too exhausted to resist, too hungry to plan, too fearful to speak – while the masters enjoy their wine, mansions, foreign hospitals, and schools abroad.

The Truth of Our Poverty:

Lamido was right about one thing: the common Nigerian has already been pushed into hell.

Inflation eats daily wages before sunset.

Jobs are scarce, youth are abandoned, graduates roam the streets unemployed.

Public schools rot while children of the elite fly abroad for education.

Hospitals are graveyards where doctors and nurses work miracles without resources, while those in power jet off to London for checkups.

Security is a mirage; farmers can’t reach their farms, traders can’t travel safely on highways, communities live in fear of bandits and thugs.

This is not weakness; it is engineered poverty – a political project.

Our Response: Poverty is Not a Chain – It is a Weapon of Liberation

ADP Lagos rejects the insult that Nigerians are “too poor to revolt.”

On the contrary, it is because Nigerians are poor, abandoned, and betrayed that they must rise in peaceful democratic revolt – at the ballot box, in civic organization, in peaceful protests, and in unrelenting demands for change.

History teaches us that it is not the well-fed who fight for justice – it is the hungry, the insulted, the oppressed.

The civil rights marches in America were led by the descendants of slaves.

The revolutions of Europe were led by workers crushed by poverty.

South Africa’s freedom was won by black South Africans denied dignity by apartheid.

Nigeria is no different. The poverty our elites boast about as their shield will become the firewood that fuels liberation.

ADP Lagos: Our Stand:

We, the Action Democratic Party (ADP) Lagos, declare without fear:

We will not be fooled by elite unity. They quarrel on TV but share loot in Abuja. Lagosians and Nigerians must open their eyes – their fight is a charade; their real war is against the poor.
We reject poverty as destiny. Poverty is a political decision, not an act of God. With Nigeria’s oil, gas, agriculture, and human talent, no citizen should live in hell.
We affirm the dignity of the Nigerian. The vulcaniser, the kerosene seller, the okada rider, the fisherman, the teacher, the nurse, the mechanic – they are the backbone of the nation. They deserve schools for their children, hospitals for their families, jobs for their hands, and security for their communities.
We call for a peaceful revolution at the ballot. Not with guns, but with courage. Not with thugs, but with ballots. Not with silence, but with voices raised together. 2027 is not just an election – it is a chance to prove that poverty cannot silence dignity.
A Warning to the Elite:

Lamido’s words were meant to mock the masses, to boast of elite invincibility. But he has spoken too much. He has confessed the truth. And when truth escapes, it cannot be caged. Nigerians now know: poverty was never accidental – it was their plan.

To the elite, we say: beware. Every insult, every denial of dignity, every boast that the poor are too weak – is fuel for the fire of change. The people you think are broken are only waiting for the hour of unity. That hour approaches.

Call to Lagosians and Nigerians:

Lagosians, Nigerians, workers, students, artisans, market women, professionals, unemployed youths – this is the moment to prove the elites wrong. Poverty is not paralysis. Hunger is not silence. Despair is not death.

We must rise in unity. We must rise in dignity. We must rise with ballots in hand.

Let us build a new Nigeria, Lagos where government exists not for a few but for all. A Nigeria where no leader can ever again mock the people as “too poor to revolt.”

Conclusion:

Nigerians, Lagosians are not too poor to revolt – Nigerians are too wise to remain in chains.

Signed,
Action Democratic Party (ADP) Lagos Chapter
Press & Communications Office

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