EULOGIES continued to pour in yesterday as Nigeria marked 53 years of independence with eminent Nigerians offering suggestions on how to develop the country and make her great. We ‘re overcoming our challenges—Ekweremadu. Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu said that though the country had missed some opportunities and is faced with many challenging, it is also overcoming the challenges.He said: “I call on Nigerians to join the present crusade to reinvent and transform Nigeria; and in this wise, I urge hope, courage, perseverance, prayers, reconciliation, peaceful-coexistence, and patriotic fervour to build the Nigeria of our dreams as no one else would do that for us.” We ‘ve unshakeable faith in Nigeria—NLC. Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, yesterday said 53 years after independence the vision of the nation’s founding fathers of a productive economy, socio-economic justice, peaceful co-existence of which every Nigerian should be proud off, had degenerated into a nation where sectarian and communal crises had led to unacceptable blood-letting causing massive displacements and disunity, among others. We deserved more than we ‘ve achieved—CAN - In a statement by its President, Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, CAN said Nigeria was yet to achieve the desired standard of conduct and performance envisaged by her founding fathers and expressed a strong hope that development would come as soon as all the challenges inhibiting her progress were surmounted.
Posted on: Wed, 02 Oct 2013 10:24:51 +0000
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