According to Vanguard, among the inspired speakers there were Senate President David Mark, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of the House of Representatives, ex Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, Lagos State Governor Babatunde Fashola and others.
David Mark
Senate President, David Mark
“We 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.
“Nigeria 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 unite to fight them. I believe the Boko Haram terrorism or insurgency is alien to us as a people. We have the capacity to defeat them and confine them to the dustbin of history.”
According to him, it is not possible to solve problems with arms as eventually people might turn against their “brothers, sisters and nation”.
“We 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 bond together as a people of common interest and destiny. As 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 the dividends of democracy to our people.”
Aminu Tambuwal
Speaker Aminu Tambuwal
Atiku Abubakar
Atiku Abubakar
In his message Atiku insisted that many Nigerians were uncertain about how the quality of their life had changed within the period of democratic governance, aimed at establishing and strengthening the people’s involvement in the political process.
The ex Vice President identified the increasing level of youth unemployment as one of Nigeria’s major problems causing violence.
Atiku criticized politicians for playing up the ethnic and religious differences for personal advantages, adding that such attitude is dangerous as it can result in country division.
In the end of his message, Atiku said that Nigerians should not lose hope and chose the right leaders to make the country prosper.
Babatunde Fashola
Governor Babatunde Fashola
Lagos governor thanked God for preserving the nation despite the numerous challenges that have been rocking the country in the recent years.
HBD Naija
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