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| David Mark and Aminu Tambuwal |
Senate President, Mr. David Mark, and
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Aminu Tambuwal, have urged
Nigerians not to lose hope in the face of the challenges facing the
country.
In their separate New Year messages, they urged Nigerians to continue to work for the unity of the country.
Mark’s message was contained in a
statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Kola
Ologbondiyan, on Tuesday in Abuja.
The Senate President commended “the indomitable spirit of the citizenry.”
He noted that Nigeria remained one of
the best nations in the world, stressing that it was so blessed with
human and natural resources.
“All we need to do therefore is to honestly harness these resources for the good of all,” he added.
The Senate President lamented the
current security, socio-political and economic challenges confronting
the country and expressed optimism that they were surmountable.
He said, “The only difference is that
the people themselves resolved to identify the problem and proffered a
common solution, this is what we need in our own case, to reason
together like one people and to solve our problems like one people.”
In his message, Tambuwal observed that
despite being under emergency rule, the Yobe State Independent Electoral
Commission and the people of the state ensured that the poll was a
success.
A statement by Tambuwal’s Special
Adviser, Media and Public Affairs, Mr. Imam Imam, quoted the Speaker as
commending security agencies and the electorate in Yobe State for the
peaceful poll.
Part of the statement reads, “The lesson in what happened in Yobe State should not be lost on all of us.
“Despite the security situation in the
state, and operating under the state of emergency, YSIEC proved doubters
wrong by conducting an election which was peaceful and whose outcome
was credible.”
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