By; MOHAMMED KAWU, Bauchi
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and other national leaders have been counseled to take into cognisance that the hard times Nigerians are today facing, calls for sober reflection, continuous engagement and determination to do more in alleviating their sufferings.
Making the plea, Senator Shehu Buba Umar said, “For Mr President and other leaders at the Federal level, I say that the times calls for sober reflection, continuous engagement and determination to doing more to alleviate the sufferings of the ordinary people”.
Senator Umar, who is representing Bauchi South Senatorial District in the Senate, gave the advice on Tuesday in a goodwill message to commemorate the 64th Nigeria’s Independence Anniversary celebration.
He said, “As a true believer in almighty God, I must say that these critical times are a consequence of our collective actions, omissions that combine to question our national resolve, character and collective virtues.
“This fact is important to stress so that rather than continue in the blame game, leaders and their subjects across all levels should look into the mirror and understand what actually the issues are and what exactly needs to be done to address them.
“I join fellow compatriots in commemorating this momentous day. As the Senator representing one of the largest constituencies in the country, I believe that one of the major points to observe is that our country is passing through one of its hardest periods since independence”.
He stressed, “Both conventional and all other humanly visible windows must constantly be mobilized in the journey to national rebirth, where the greatest happiness of the greatest number presents a challenge that we all must face head-on. Together, we will feel the comfort of the promising tomorrow”.
He however, observed that some of the polices of government may have started yielding fruits, but that should only serve as a motivation for leaders to do more such that the purchasing power of the common man and his access to basic facilities of life is greatly improved.
Senator Umar, who is the chairman of Senate Committee On Security & Intelligence, expressed regrets that various faces and dimensions of recurring insecurity in the country has added to the challenges of poverty and deteriorating living conditions of the common man.
Umar, whose goodwill message tagged, ‘Nigeria @64: Not Without Gaps Today, Not Without A Promising Tomorrow’, stated however, “But with prayers, more efforts from all of us and better results from our men and officers in the frontline of the operations to combat these problems, we shall get it right”.
He commended the efforts by the All Progressives Congress (APC) at both national and state levels towards fostering genuine reconciliation, rebuilding the party and proffering pragmatic ideas, suggestions and other value addition services that will engender the much needed turn around in our country.
“Coming back to my constituency of Bauchi South, I give glory to Allah (SWT) for what we have been able to achieve thus far in terms of providing quality representation and one that is able to in some modest ways deliver dividends of democracy to the people’.
“Along with other achievements so far recorded, part of the icing on the cake will be the flagging off of some community roads with the first in the series of our plans being the one at Zaranda town which occasion is slated for next weekend In-sha-Allah”.
The Senator delightfully said, “In the same vain, our efforts towards the completion of the process for the establishment of the Federal Orthopedic Hospital Toro, Custom Training School in Bauchi and other life enhancing interventions for the benefit of our people will continue in full gear.
“The idea is that we spare no effort in making life better for our people whose mandate and the privilege that comes with it made it possible for us to have recorded the successes already attained”.
“Also as an opposition party in Bauchi state, the APC will continue to constructively engage the PDP-led government in the state so that the people will continue to understand that the Bala Abdulkadir-led administration is not ready to turn the lives of the ordinary citizens in the state around”.
Senator Umar further stated, “The facts and figures about what the state has received in terms of allocation from the federation and other interventions so far vis-a-vis the poverty indices in the state is a credible pointer to this. However, hope is not lost yet”.
According to him, through proper and sustained efforts by the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its leaders, the suffering being experienced by the people in Bauchi state will soon be a thing of the past.
Umar encouraged citizens, especially the leaders to soberly reflect, rededicate themselves to the service of the nation and its great people while relating with the common man in a manner that encourage the people to play their part in such a way that the country will attain its potentials
