Chairman, Senate Committee on Cooperation and Integration in Africa/NEPAD, Senator Chimaroke Nnamani (PDP, Enugu east) , has called for harmony between and among religious adherents in order to engender peace and unity in the country.
This, he said is necessary to have a common approach towards addressing underdevelopment in Nigeria.
In a goodwill message to Nigerians on Tuesday in commemoration of 2019 Christmas celebration, Nnamani stated that the time calls for unity of purpose towards tackling the issues facing Nigeria adding that “we need to be on the same page in order to produce the desired result”.
He noted that Nigeria has had her fair share of ethno-religious conflicts in the past in which the nation lost millions of naira worth of properties and scores of her productive citizens needlessly.
These, Senator Nnamani pointed out, requires the attention of religious leaders across the divide to address in order to make progress.
He said: “We must all focus on the positives without degenerating to the level of low minds who cling to primordial fault lines as their road map for survival.”
He maintained that anything that would make for peace, justice for all as well as engendering development remains his mission and purpose in the upper legislative chamber of the National Assembly.
The essence of Christmas, he added, should not be lost on merriment alone but the promotion of love, forgiveness, care for the less privileged and peaceful coexistence.
He hoped that with peace and synergy between and among the arms government, workable policies and programmes would be fashioned out for prosperity in the new year.
