President
of the Senate, Senator David Mark has counselled that in spite of the economic
and socio - political challenges facing the nation, only the resolve and
willingness of Nigerians to confront the issues headlong would get us out
of the woods.
Senator
Mark who stated this in his goodwill message to Nigerians marking
the nation's 52nd Independence anniversary maintained that Nigerians have the
capacity to solve their problems.
He
catalogued the myriads of challenges of nation building since independence and
submitted " if we look inwards and do the right things in conformity with
our laws and customs, we can adequately find solutions to our problems.
Senator
Mark noted with pains the unabating destruction of lives and property largely
perpetrated by the Boko haram sect, ethnic militias and kidnappers, saying
" these were hitherto alien to us. It is a challenge we must resolve to
end.
On
the review of the constitution, senator Mark expressed optimism that the
exercise would be holistic targeted towards addressing all grey areas and
imbalances in the nation state so that no citizen , group or section would feel
oppressed or marginalized any more.
He
promised that the national Assembly will cooperate with the executive arm
Of government by laying an effective and result - oriented legislative frame
work for service delivery to the people but would not compromise its oversight
functions in the spirit of the checks and balances.
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