As Muslims around the world mark Eid-el-Fitr, Senate President David Mark yesterday called for unity across the country.
Mark, who made the call in his goodwill message to Muslims, tasked Nigerians to be their brother’s keeper irrespective of their ethnic or religious differences.
He said: “As a nation, we have passed through travails during the civil strife of the past and triumphed. This current security challenge is another phase in our political history. We must all unite to end it and move forward.
“The peace, unity and progress of our nation must continue to be our guiding principle because we have no other country to call ours other than Nigeria.”
In the same vein, Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu yesterday called on Muslims to offer prayers for the success of the on-going attempt to review the 1999 Constitution by the National Assembly.
In his goodwill message on the Eid El-Fitri, Ekweremadu urged Muslims to be guided by the lessons and spirituality garnered during the holy month of Ramadan.
He said: “The on-going constitution amendment process presents Nigerians with a great opportunity to address the nation’s security worries and integration deficits, which manifest in the forms of ethno-religious crises and other internal security challenges.
“The Senate has listed Section 42 of the 1999 Constitution for review in line with the memoranda submitted by Nigerians.
“It is therefore up to the rest of Nigerians to decide whether what we have in this Section 42 sufficiently guarantees equality of opportunities to all Nigerians wherever they live in Nigeria irrespective of ethnicity, religion, state of origin, language, and sex, and whether we should enthrone residency in place of indigeneship.”
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