Yuletide 2019: Senators Tell Nigerians What To Do About Religion During Christmas Holiday

Chairman, Senate Committee on Cooperation and Integration in Africa/NEPAD, Senator Chimaroke Nnamani, on Tuesday called for harmony between and among religious adherents in order to engender peace and unity in the country.

Also, Senator Solomon Adeola, the chairman, Senate Committee on Finance, urged Christians in particular and Nigerians in general to use the Christmas celebration to renew their faith in Jesus Christ as Saviour of Mankind and pray for peace and economic development of the country.

Nnamani, who represents Enugu East, in a statement, said religious harmony is necessary to have a common approach towards addressing underdevelopment in the country.

He said that the present time calls for unity of purpose towards tackling the issues facing Nigeria saying “we need to be on the same page in order to produce the desired result”.

He noted that Nigeria has had her fair share of ethno-religious conflicts in the past in which the nation lost millions of naira worth of properties and scores of her productive citizens, needlessly.

These, Senator Nnamani said requires the attention of religious leaders across the divide to address in order to make progress.

According to Nnamani, “we must all focus on the positives without degenerating to the level of low minds who cling to primordial fault lines as their road map for survival”.

He insisted that anything that would make for peace, justice for all as well as engendering development remains his mission and purpose in the upper legislative chamber of the National Assembly.

The essence of Christmas, according to Nnamani should not be lost on merriment but the promotion of love, forgiveness, care for the less privileged and peaceful coexistence.

He said that with peace and synergy between and among the arms government, workable policies and programmes would be fashioned out for prosperity in the new year.

On his part, Senator Adeola in a statement by his media aide, Chief Kayode Odunaro, noted that Christmas symbolizes the celebration of the birth of a new dawn for the salvation of souls for all humanity especially for the Christian believers.

He added that the occasion should not be used for merry-making alone but as an opportunity for fervent prayers for a new dawn and prosperous future for individuals and the nation.

He noted that Nigerians, in general, are going through a difficult period for sustained economic growth “that is mercifully not compounded by the usual fuel scarcity as witnessed in time past during Yuletides.

The Senator representing Lagos East, however, urged all Nigerians to be “patient and look forward to a better future.”

He added that with “abiding faith in Jesus Christ all our challenges will be a thing of the past as we move to next level of our development.”

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