President of the Senate, Senator David Mark has for the umpteenth time urged Nigerians to have faith and remain steadfast in promoting peace and unity no matter the challenges.
\nSenator Mark in a goodwill message to Nigerians to mark this year\u2019s Independence anniversary said the indivisibility of our nation is not negotiable because there is no better place than Nigeria.
\nSenator Mark recalled the nation\u2019s chequered political history since 1960, during which Nigeria went through 30 months old fratricidal civil war, various ethno-religious conflicts and assured that our crisis are surmountable.
\nThe President of the Senate dismissed as untrue the insinuation in some quarters that Nigeria has not made progress, since independence saying \u201clet us cast our minds back a little and see the number of road networks, schools, universities, health institutions, telecommunications and a host of others.
\n\u201cWe may not have been where we want to be but we have made appreciable progress and we can do more. All we need to do is to strengthen our unity as one people with one mission and purpose. The stable democracy has offered us opportunity to harness our abundant resources for good.
\n\u201cNigeria has passed through many challenges in the past and we came out of it. The security challenges; this Boko Haram can be defeated if we unit to fight them.
\n\u201cI believe the Boko Haram, terrorism or insurgency is alien to us as a people. We have the capacity to defeat them and confined them to the dustbin of history.
\nHe promised that genuine complaints and agitations among Nigerians arising from the structure of our polity can be addressed by government but was quick to point out that \u201cwe cannot correct perceived imbalances by taking up arms against our brothers, sisters and nation.
\n\u201cWe must therefore continue to shun individuals or groups that encourage, preach and practice division among our people. We must shun every harbinger of hate and bound together as a people of common interest and destiny.
\n\u201cAs legislators we will continue to do our part to wit; provide the needed legislative framework for the Executive Arm of Government to continue to deliver of the dividends of democracy to our people.
\n\u201cLet me use this occasion to remind our fellow country men and women that as 2015 elections approaches, we must not lose sight of the fact that election should not be seen as war. We must play the game according to the rules.
\nTo Politicians, Senator Mark advised \u201cAs Stakeholders, we must therefore restrain ourselves from inflammatory and treasonable statements or actions. Our collective or individual ambitions are subordinate to the national interest. We must therefore, always consider the primacy of our national interest. Afterall, it is a trite fact that for us to even actualize our various political visions, our nation must first exist.\u201d<\/p>\n
Signed:
\nKola Ologbondiyan
\nSpecial Adviser on Media & Publications to the President of the Senate.<\/p>\n
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