New Year: Ex-vice President shares message for Nigerians

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has urged Nigerians to do things differently in the New Year to make Nigeria a better country for all. Atiku gave the charge in a New Year message addressed to Nigerians to herald 2022.

In a statement he signed and released to journalists in Abuja, Atiku described 2021 as a challenging year characterized by sundry economic and health challenges.

“We must seek to do something different and, in doing so, let us become peace ambassadors of God. Hate and strife never build a nation. They even destroy the individual faster. Rather, unity and understanding bind a nation together,” he said.

According to him, “2021 came and went with challenges, especially with the second, third and fourth waves of the dreaded Coronavirus disease; sundry upsets that troubled the peace and security in different parts of the country; a depressing economy and many touching stories of tragedies. For Nigerians, who lost dear ones to these calamities, it is my prayer that God shall continue to comfort the bereaved families.

“But 2022 promises to be a remarkable one. It is one year that will be filled with hope and optimism. It will come with a unique opportunity to redefine the remainder of this decade. Our New Year resolution should be about eschewing divisive and parochial tendencies and embracing inclusion and the general good.

“We cannot continue to kick the same can down the road, yet again. We need a reawakening. And it is a reawakening that must invigorate our unity as one people of one good country. That is the commitment that we must pursue in this New Year.

“Unlike hate and strife, an individual that chooses a life of unity and common understanding finds inner peace and love. While I congratulate Nigerians on this New Year, 2022, let me urge us all to the task of washing our hands off every molecule of hate and strife and immerse our hearts in unity, love and peace,” he added.

VANG/Suzan O.