Immediate past Governor of Sokoto State, Senator Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, has urged Nigerians to believe in the country and themselves as patriotic citizens who can drive the needed change for nation-building.
Tambuwal stated this on Friday in Sokoto at the flag-off of the distribution of food items for Ramadan and the Sallah celebration to 30,000 PDP state, local government executives, members, and associations.
He said Nigerians must reduce the dosage of partisanship for nation-building.
“We should embrace reality and rally support for the country to be great.
“The country is exposed to multitudes of challenges that need to be addressed,” noted the former governor.
Tambuwal spoke again on Friday in Sokoto at the flag-off of the distribution of food items for Ramadan and the Sallah celebration to 30,000 PDP state, local government executives, members, and associations.
He said Nigerians must reduce the dosage of partisanship for nation-building.
“Nigeria needs peace as a nation, and this is the right time to collectively pray for the country.
“We are in the holy month of Ramadan. We should exhibit the spirit of tolerance, sacrifice, prayer, and forgiveness. It is a beautiful moment in our national life,” he pointed out.
According to Tambuwal, “we must not leave any matter unattended to, especially the issue of insecurity.
“As a former governor who had experienced security challenges in the eastern axis of my state, I seized the opportunity to talk with security chiefs recently.
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“We need to collaborate in synergy as leaders to see to the establishment of long-lasting peace and security in our country. All hands must be on deck to ensure Sokoto State and Nigeria are secured.
Although Senator Tambuwal, who noted that the recently inaugurated Sokoto State Community Guards initiative was on track, said an invitation was never extended to him. “We want Sokoto to be free from security challenges and whenever I am invited, I will surely honor that and will continue to render all the necessary support needed to make the state better,” he declared.
However, Tambuwal, for the first time, reacted to the state’s 2023 governorship election, saying that PDP won the polls, stressing that the party was still strong and vibrant. “Everyone in Sokoto knows that,” while assuring of giving good representation in the Senate by serving his constituents and the state, especially with the current hardship.
“Be rest assured that your mandate is not for the wrong representation and know that the 2024 national budget will surely reflect our drive for the state.
“I urge you to cooperate with security agencies for the peace and stability of the state and Nigeria, which belongs to all of us.”
In his remarks, the state PDP chairman, Hon. Bello Aliyu Goronyo, said the gesture was aimed at relieving households of the current hardship in demonstration of the party’s spirit of empathy and kindness.
Goronyo, who also expressed appreciation to party members for their resilience and support, remarked that “we now know that the opposition APC lacked the spirit of empathy for the rising level of hardship occasioned by poverty, hunger, and insecurity.
“These items will go around and across the 244 wards,” he said.