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The National Chairman of All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP), Dr Ogbonnaya Onu, on Monday urged Christians to be good ambassadors where ever they found themselves.
This is contained in a statement signed by the National Chairman of the party, in Abuja.
`` We join the rest of the global Christian family to urge that in the joyful spirit of the season, we rededicate ourselves to the enduring attributes of love of neighbour and country.
``With peaceful co-existence and harmony as well as clutching firmly to those bonds that bind and releasing the lever of those gaps that divide us as one people with a common destiny,” Ogbonnaya said.
He said the Joy of Christmas would not be complete without Christians being their brothers’ keepers and embracing people belonging to other faiths in the search for a better world.
``It is our view that such an attitude will help us to restore love for one another and strengthen our pursuit for lasting peace, enduring happiness and sustainable development.
``We should never forget that we were created in the image of God, we should, therefore, never be divided by how we worship Him,” he advised.
The ANPP chairman implored Nigerians to remain resolute and be convinced that Nigeria would take her rightful place in the comity of prosperous nations of the world.
He urged the Federal Government to formulate policies that would conquer poverty, defeat illiteracy and reduce joblessness in the land.
He also urged the government to tackle those vices that injured our desire for a new Nigeria that all Nigerians would be proud of and other nations will accord respect.
``We must never forget that respect does not come because you desire it, but rather because you deserve it, we must work hard for the unity, peace and prosperity of our dear nation.
``We in ANPP wish all Nigerians and indeed the entire global family, a very merry Christmas." (NAN)
Sen. Ike Ekweremadu, Deputy Senate President, has called on Nigerians to see the Christmas season as a time for sober reflections to love and forgive one another as taught by Jesus Christ.
Ekweremadu, who said this in a Christmas message to Nigerians, reasoned that the spate of insecurity in the land were clear manifestations of a regrettable departure from the life of love the citizenry were known for over the years.
In a statement signed by Mr Uche Anichukwu, his Special Adviser on Media, the Deputy Senate President said that violence in any form was a disservice to the labours of the country’s founding fathers.
He observed that the nation’s diversity was not an excuse for the wanton destruction of human lives and property, violent crime, and corruption in the country.
''We should never lose sight of the fact that our founding fathers considered our diversities, but nevertheless saw in them strength and opportunity to build a virile, stable, and prosperous nation.
''We, therefore, owe it to this season of Christmas and the memories of our fathers to retrace our steps.
''In doing this, we will rebuild the bulwarks of love, patriotism, and integrity preached by our religious faiths and espoused in both words and actions by our founding fathers,'' he said.
He wished the Christian faithful and all Nigerians a merry Christmas and a happy New Year. (NAN)
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