Senate President David Mark |
Eminent Nigerians including the Senate
President David Mark and his deputy, Ike Ekweremadu, have urged
Nigerians not to give up hope on the country.
They made the appeal on Sunday in goodwill messages to Nigerians to mark the nation’s 52nd independence anniversary.
The Senate President particularly noted
that despite the nation’s economic and socio-politicial challenges, its
citizens had the capacity to solve its problems.
He said, “Nobody is coming from the moon or space to solve our problems for us.
“The challenge is that we must put
behind us such mundane issues as ethnic or religious differences and
come together as one people to tackle our problems.’’
In a statement by his Special Adviser on
Media, Kola Ologbondiyan, Mark said, “If we look inwards and do the
right things in conformity with our laws and customs, we can adequately
find solutions to our problems.
“All we need to do is to harness our resources and potential for good.”
Ekweremadu, who said the basic
constitutional framework laid by Nigeria’s founding fathers had been
distorted, noted that it was imperative for all Nigerians to support
on-going efforts to amend the constitution.
Ekweremadu, who is the chairman, Senate
Committee on Constitution Amendment, said the amendment would address
the constitutional challenges facing the nation.
According to him, in a statement by his
Special Adviser (Media) Uche Anichukwu, the National Assembly is poised
to re-engineer the 1999 Constitution to restore the nation on the path
of true and irreversible greatness.
He enjoined the nation’s leaders and the
citizenry to “invest political will, patriotism, altruism, and
fair-mindedness in the ongoing project to make Nigeria a better place
for this and future generations.”
Also, the Ogun State Governor Ibikunle
Amosun, said, “Nigerians have every reason to thank God in spite of the
current challenges.
“There is no democratic country in the
world that is not confronted with one problem or the other, but with
concerted efforts and sincerity of purpose, we can always overcome the
challenges of our time.”
Amosun, who spoke through his Special
Assistant on Media, Mrs. Funmi Wakama, also called for peaceful
coexistence among adherents of all faiths as “no religion in the world
preaches violence.”
The acting Governor of Enugu State, Mr.
Sunday Onyebuchi, urged Nigerians to embrace a new spirit of patriotism,
sacrifice and commitment towards strengthening the unity and
socio-economic and political well being of the country.
Source: Punch
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