Politics | 6 February 2012 Last updated at 06:30 CET
Mark Greets Muslims On Sallah, Says 'On Unity We Stand'
By thewillnigeria.com
ABUJA, February 05, (THEWILL) - President of the Senate, Senator David Mark, has restated that the Senate and indeed the National Assembly will stand firmly and vote for the unity and continue corporate existence of Nigeria no matter the odds or challenges of the recent time.
Senator Mark in a goodwill message to Muslim faithful on the celebration of Eid-el-Maulud said he would defend with the last drop of his blood anything to the contrary.
He therefore urged all Nigerians especially Muslims and Christians to unite in prayer for the peace and unity of the nation, “in order to put our detractors to shame.”
The President of the Senate noted that, “the current security challenge which has truly tasked and threatened the nation must be decisively confronted.
“This is no time to sit on the fence and engage in the blame game. The situation has degenerated to an intolerable level leading to the mass movement (exodus) of our people from one end of the country to the order. We must as a people rise up and halt this.
“Government at all levels and the security operatives must restore hope and peace that would engender confidence in our people to stop this drift. We have toiled over the years to keep Nigeria one. We cannot afford to slip now,” he stated.
Noting the sceptism of most Nigerians over the deregulation policy, Senator Mark said the present administration has demonstrated the political will to implement the market oriented reforms, pointing out that the subsidy re-investment (SURE) programme would be a testimony.
The SURE programme, Senator Mark opined would reverse in positive terms the nation long hobbled by political instability, corruption, inadequate infrastructure and poor macro-economic management.
According to Mark, “the challenge at the moment is to diversify the economy away from its overdependence on the capital intensive oil sector which provides 95 per cent of our foreign exchange earnings and about 80 per cent of budgetary revenues.”
He reiterated the resolve of the National Assembly to carefully scrutinize the 2012 appropriation bill before it, “so that we can pass an implementable budget and avoid the annual rhetoric of inability to implement.”
Senator Mark in a goodwill message to Muslim faithful on the celebration of Eid-el-Maulud said he would defend with the last drop of his blood anything to the contrary.
He therefore urged all Nigerians especially Muslims and Christians to unite in prayer for the peace and unity of the nation, “in order to put our detractors to shame.”
The President of the Senate noted that, “the current security challenge which has truly tasked and threatened the nation must be decisively confronted.
“This is no time to sit on the fence and engage in the blame game. The situation has degenerated to an intolerable level leading to the mass movement (exodus) of our people from one end of the country to the order. We must as a people rise up and halt this.
“Government at all levels and the security operatives must restore hope and peace that would engender confidence in our people to stop this drift. We have toiled over the years to keep Nigeria one. We cannot afford to slip now,” he stated.
Noting the sceptism of most Nigerians over the deregulation policy, Senator Mark said the present administration has demonstrated the political will to implement the market oriented reforms, pointing out that the subsidy re-investment (SURE) programme would be a testimony.
The SURE programme, Senator Mark opined would reverse in positive terms the nation long hobbled by political instability, corruption, inadequate infrastructure and poor macro-economic management.
According to Mark, “the challenge at the moment is to diversify the economy away from its overdependence on the capital intensive oil sector which provides 95 per cent of our foreign exchange earnings and about 80 per cent of budgetary revenues.”
He reiterated the resolve of the National Assembly to carefully scrutinize the 2012 appropriation bill before it, “so that we can pass an implementable budget and avoid the annual rhetoric of inability to implement.”
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