Independence: Nigeria needs credible leadership — David Mark

By Henry Umoru, Abuja

As Nigeria marks 65 years of nationhood, the National Chairman of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and erstwhile President of the Senate, Senator David Mark, has said the state urgently needs credible enactment to flooded its contiguous challenges.

Reflecting connected Nigeria’s journey, Mark described the federation arsenic resilient successful the look of daunting trials. He acknowledged that though the state has weathered galore storms, Nigerians indispensable not suffer religion successful their corporate quality to rebuild and reposition the state for prosperity.

In a goodwill connection to commemorate the 65th Independence Anniversary, Mark urged citizens to gully spot from past and face existent realities with courageousness and unity. He noted that large nations of contiguous were built done periods of terrible hardship.

On security, helium called for urgent concern successful intelligence, modern technology, and the payment of information personnel, portion besides addressing the deeper causes of violence, poverty, injustice, and exclusion.

“Sixty-five years ago, we lifted the emblem of state and declared ourselves a sovereign people. That infinitesimal was not conscionable the extremity of assemblage rule; it was the opening of our work to physique a federation worthy of our hopes. Today, we look backmost with mixed emotions and gratitude for however acold we person come, but acrophobic implicit the storms that inactive endanger our future,” helium said.

According to a connection signed by his Media Adviser, Paul Mumeh, Mark stressed that the state stands astatine a captious juncture, weighed down by insecurity, unemployment, inflation, nutrient scarcity, and the illness of industries.

“Our communities are restless nether the grip of insecurity. Our youths are losing anticipation to unemployment. Inflation has eroded the dignity of honorable earnings, portion factories adjacent and businesses relocate, leaving despair successful their wake. Families conflict regular to enactment nutrient connected the table. These are harsh truths we cannot deny,” helium added.

On the economy, Mark pressed for the revival of section industries, stronger enactment for tiny and medium-scale enterprises, and an situation wherever concern tin flourish. He besides called for younker empowerment done applicable skills successful technology, agriculture, innovation, and the originative sector, beyond token gestures.

On nutrient security, helium urged renewed concern successful agriculture, businesslike retention systems, and just organisation channels to guarantee Nigerian nutrient archetypal serves Nigerian households.

Above all, helium emphasized a rebirth of unity and sacrifice — the aforesaid tone that won independency successful 1960.

“No federation is ever excessively breached to beryllium rebuilt erstwhile her radical are determined. At 65, our burdens are real, but truthful is our resilience. Our anticipation indispensable outweigh our despair, and our spot indispensable transportation america forward. Let america retrieve religion successful our nation, enactment manus successful hand, and rebuild the committedness of Nigeria,” Mark said.

He further enjoined Nigerians to clasp the ADC arsenic a credible level that upholds antiauthoritarian values, assuring that if entrusted with leadership, the enactment would rebuild the federation and reconstruct anticipation to its citizens.

Mark concluded by urging Nigerians to usage the lessons of the past arsenic a usher successful making informed choices successful the 2027 wide elections, insisting that lone visionary and credible enactment tin present the state from its existent challenges.

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