The Minority Caucus in the House of Representatives has extended hearty felicitations to all Nigerians, both at home and abroad as they joyfully enter Year 2026.
The Caucus, through its leadership, congratulates everyone for being alive to witness the birth of a New Year, amid the various challenges that the nation and citizens witnessed in the last year.
“Today, been the first day of Year 2026, gives us the opportunity to have sincere introspection and frank reflections about the journey of our dear country, thus far. No doubt, Nigeria’s progress has been marked by significant challenges that in many ways has affected national development.
“In Year 2026, it is necessary to reiterate that there is an urgent need to comprehensively tackle insecurity, because true and meaningful development of a nation and people can only be achieved through peace and safety of lives and properties. Also, the Caucus urges the Federal Government to ingeniously address infrastructure deficits, youth unemployment, and brazen corruption. To achieve all these, the government must be sincere, deliberate, and intentional.
“Conscious of the fact that true nationhood is a continuous task, we enjoin Nigerians to collectively contribute towards surmounting these challenges in 2026. We call on Leaders; at all levels to commit themselves wholeheartedly, and truthfully towards achieving meaningful and realistic development in all sectors.
“Indeed, Nigeria is a blessed nation with enormous potentials, and our diversity remains one of our greatest assets. In the New Year, the Caucus urges all Nigerians to harness the strengths imbedded in our differences to build a nation that will work for all citizens. Since no tribe, ethnicity, and group, no matter how powerful can do it alone, we solicit for the sincere collaboration and synergy of all and sundry. Through these, and other imperatives including believability, inclusivity, and mutual trust, Nigeria can overcome every difficulty, and achieve sustainable and enduring milestones,” the Caucus said.
The Caucus also encouraged Nigerians to recommit and reconnect to the values of peaceful coexistence, national cohesion, and togetherness, with the realization that the future of Nigeria “rests on our ability to stay united; regardless of the negative situations towards the fulfillment of common goals, desire and aspirations.”
The Caucus assured Nigerians that further to its commitment to the general well-being of citizens, it will in 2026 remain resolute and focussed on every national issue that requires legislative inquisition and actions.