President Bola Tinubu has set his sights on building a secure, competitive and prosperous Nigeria in 2026, following what the Federal Government described as a year devoted to consolidating reforms and strengthening national foundations.
The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, disclosed this on Monday while briefing journalists at an end-of-year press conference in Abuja.
According to him, 2025 marked a period of stabilisation across key sectors, while 2026 would focus on translating those gains into sustained economic growth and improved national security.
“The journey of 2025 was one of reinforcing and strengthening foundations. The mission of 2026 is to raise the edifice of a secure, competitive and prosperous Nigeria upon it,” Idris said.
Reviewing the administration’s 2025 scorecard, Idris highlighted economic improvements, including a Gross Domestic Product growth of 3.98 per cent in the third quarter of the year, a steady decline in inflation, strengthened external reserves of about $44.56bn, and a trade surplus of N6.69tn.
He also cited record achievements in the power sector, infrastructure financing, agriculture, youth empowerment and investor confidence, noting that Nigeria exited the Financial Action Task Force Grey List and recorded a massively oversubscribed Eurobond issuance.
On security, Idris said the Federal Government declared a nationwide security emergency in 2025, laying the groundwork for increased recruitment into the Armed Forces and the Nigeria Police Force, as well as the deployment of forest guards nationwide.
“Let me be clear about what this means: henceforth, any armed group that kidnaps our children, attacks our farmers, or terrorises our communities will be officially classified and dealt with as a terrorist organisation. The era of ambiguous nomenclature is over,” he declared.
The minister further explained that the Nigeria Education Loan Fund had supported more than 788,000 Nigerian students with interest-free loans and stipends amounting to over N150bn.
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