3 term led Senate Leader- 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-political 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.”
Dear Nigerians, I hope you were able to read between the lines. “Nobody is coming from the moon or space to solve our problems for us.” Harness our resources and potential for good, he is reported to have said. This statement is coming from a Senate leader of 12 years to be, touted as the next President. Shouldn’t we all worry?
Now take time to read other congratulatory messages from Nigeria’s produced crop of eminent Nigerians, then you wonder why we all shouldn’t be concerned. Read on….
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.
Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi, who spoke at Christ Church in Port Harcourt, said the state government would meet the demand of the people.
He urged residents of the state to remain patient and co-operate with his administration to facilitate the needed development in the state.
Similarly the Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed, urged Nigerians to have unshakeable faith in the Nigeria project.
Ahmed in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Abdulwahab Oba, said Nigeria would be great, adding that the country had survived many trying times.
Governor Theodore Orji of Abia said, “Nigerians should be hopeful that Nigeria will continue to be one, because God loves us.’’
He said the lessons of the civil war had further helped to unite the country and ensure its continued existence as an indivisible entity.
Meanwhile Osun State Governor Rauf Aregbesola said true fiscal federalism remained the panacea to the nation’s socio-political problems.
He also observed that there was the need for more powers to devolve from the centre.
Governor Patrick Yakowa of Kaduna State also said the nation would never attain greatness in an atmosphere of rancor, instability and disunity.
Meanwhile, Plateau State Governor Jonah Jang has urged Nigerians to pray for President Goodluck Jonathan.
Jonathan, he said, was carrying a lot of weight on his shoulder, saying the load was beginning to weigh him down.
This morning, I woke up and just felt like thanking God Almighty for all that he has done for me all these times.
Most of us sleep and expect to automatically wake up…..I have news for you guys, its not automatic. Do you realise that we more or less die every single day? Literally speaking.
….let me explain…..we sleep and that’s it. No longer concious of anything. Isn’t that like been ‘dead’? It is, I think….when you only assume you are breathing, and only able to confirm when you happen to wake up. Have you thought absolutely anything could have happened in your sleep?
So I woke up and it dawned on me that I ought to be more grateful to God I believe in. Jesus Christ whom I adore and appreciate ought to be thanked every single day. Most times to be honest, I get caught up with all the hustle of life, like most do.
I decided to surf through ‘YouTube’ for Praise and Worship songs and I started with Cece Winans. I love listening to Cece, a most talented of Gospel artistes and her equally talented brother Bebe Winans with that velvet voice, those two singers are incredible.
However what did it for me this morning was an artiste with a voice to ‘kill for’. Marvin Sapp. He may not be a BeBe Winans, but he is another superb singer.
His song ”Never Would Have Made It” is a must listen. It captured the mood I was in this morning. There is no way I would ever had made it thus far.
Last night, I left a quote by Winston Churchill on my FaceBook page. If you are curious enough, you can click Jide Salu’s FaceBook Page to read. It has always been my inspiration.
Meanwhile, check out Marvin Sapp’s Video and be ready to be grateful to God Almighty. Have a great week ahead guys and God bless you.
“Never Would Have Made It”
Never would have made it
Never could have made it without You
I would have lost it all
But now I see how You were there for me
And I can say
Never would have made it
Never could have made it
Without You
I would have lost it all
But I now I see
How You were there for me
And I can say
I’m stronger, I’m wiser
I’m better, much better
When I look back
Over all You brought me through
I can see that You were the One
I held on to
And I never, never would have made it
(Never would have made it)
Oh, I never could have made it
(Never could have made it without You)
Oh, I would have lost it all
Oh, but now I see
How You were there for me
I never
(Never would have made it)
No, I never
(Never could have made it without You)
I would’ve lost my mind
A long time ago
If it had not been for You
I’m
I am stronger
(I am stronger
I am wiser
(I am wiser)
And now I am better
(I am better)
So much better
(Much better)
I made it
Through my storm and my test
Because You were there
To carry me through my mess
I am stronger
(I am stronger
I am wiser
(I am wiser)
I am better
(I am better)
Anybody better
(Much better)
I can stand here and tell You
I made it
Anybody out there
That You made it
I’m stronger
(I’m stronger)
I am wiser
(I’m wiser)
I’m better
(I’m better)
Much better
(Much better)
I made it
(I made it)
I made it
(I made it)
I made it
(I made it)
I made it
(I made it)
Never would have made it
(Never would have made it)
Never could have made
(Never could have made it without You)
I would have lost my mind
I would have gave up
But You were right there
You were right there
I never
(Never would have made it)
Oh, I never
(Never could have made it without You)
Somebody just
Need to testify this tonight
Next to them
Tell them
I am stronger, I am wiser
I am better, much better
When I look back
Over what He brought me through
I realize that I made it
Because I had You to hold on to
Now I am stronger, now I am wiser
I am better, so much better
I’ve made it
Is there anybody in this house other than me
That could declare You made it
Tell Your neighbor
Never would have made it
(Never would have made it)
Tell em never could have made it
(Never could have made it without You)
Oh, I wish I had some help here
I wish I had just two or three people
That would just declare it
Never would have made it
(Never would have made it)
Never could have made it
(Never could have made it without You)
I just, I just love to encourage myself
Sometime I look in the mirror and say
I’m stronger, I’m wiser
I am better, so much better
When I look back over
What He brought me through
I realize that I made it
Because I had You to hold on to
But I never would have made it
I never could have made it without You
Yeah, yeah, yeah, lawdy
Oh, I good God, Almighty
Never would have made it
(Never would have made it)
Never could have made it
(Never could have made it without You)
Sing it one more time
All I need is just one more time
Everybody sing with me
Never would have made it
Oh
Never could have made it without You
