By Andrew Oota
Senate yesterday, expressed confidence that Nigeria will overcome it’s challenges and leap into a prosperous future as it urged citizens to be resilient and patriotic.
Chairman , Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs , Senator Yemi Adaramodu ( APC Ekiti South) , said the success of Nigeria in her journey of Nationhood in the last 63 years far outweighs its failures .
He however said the country needs to get leadership issue more correctly for the required acceleration in the journey of Nationhood .
His words, “the past of Nigeria like those of other countries or anything or persons, cannot be perfect but its future is very bright .
” Having survived her turbulent past , what Nigeria requires now from both leaders and the led , is patriotism which can only be driven by positive mind set of every Nigerian to the Nigeria Project .
” Re – orientation is key for all , in doing the right thing at all times in whatever capacity and not the wrong things.
” Followership determines quality of leadership in any country or society , the very reason Nigerians , need to make their leaders , accountable to them by not demanding for stomach infrastructure as against good governance .
” When followers are upright and asking for accountability at all levels of governance , the leaders will surely sit up and the society would be better for it , in terms of genuine develooment .
” From the Senate , is a big congratulations to Nigeria and Nigerians on the 63 years of independence and Nationhood journey which by all indices and realities on ground; is a country to reckon with in Africa and the world .
” The Eagle ( Nigeria) will surely keep flying and flying higher without her wings, clipped in any way “,, he said .
He maintained that since the country is divinely exempted from natural disasters , the human invented ones like insurgency , consequential kidnapping etc , would be things of the past in no distant time , since government is working round the clock to rid the society of criminal elements .
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