Lagos State deputy governor, Dr Idiat Oluranti Adebule, has called on Nigerians irrespective of their tribes or religions to embrace peace and consider unity and mutual love for one another as a necessary condition for stability and growth in the nation’s democracy and infrastructure development.
Adebule in her new year message made available to the Nigerian Tribune by Mr Odusina Akeem, head, Public Affairs Unit, Office of the Deputy Governor, said Nigerians must close ranks and work together for peace and unity of the country.
The deputy governor, while noting that Nigerians sacrificed a lot to earn its democracy, said there was “need for all of us to live together in peace and jealously guide it and ensure that it is well nurtured to maturity for economic prosperity and individual development.”
Adebule, while linking the success recorded by the Governor Akinwunmi Ambode- led administration in the last three and half years to the tremendous support it enjoyed from the people of the state, disclosed that the state government under the leadership of governor Akinwunmi Ambode had resolved to continue to deliver democracy dividends to the residents until the last day in office.
Speaking further, the deputy governor noted that the all-inclusive governance and other reforms introduced by the administration had impacted positively on the lives of Lagosians, urging them to continue to live together in peace and support the state government in its transformation agenda.
“While thanking you for your support for this administration in the last three and half years, let me re-emphasise that the hallmark of the success of this administration is the support that you have given us and your cooperations from time to time. I want to appeal to you to continue to support and pray for the success of this administration and the one coming after since government is a continuum.
“As long as you continue to support and stand by the ruling APC governments in the state and you allow peace to reign, let me reassure that more and more democracy dividends would be delivered to our people across the state,” Adebule stated.
As the nation is preparing for another general elections come 2019, the deputy governor urged the residents and Nigerians as a whole to continue to support and vote for the ruling All Progressives Congress so that various reforms and transformation projects embarked upon by the President Muhammadu Buhari- led administration could be completed in the interest of the masses.
While wishing Lagosians and Nigerians in general a happy and prosperous year 2019, she charged them to be hardworking, focused and committed to the ideals of a new and better Nigeria that would be the pride of every African nation, urging them to continue to pray for peace and stability in the country to guarantee a better future for all.
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