New Year: Atiku Tackles Buhari Govt Over State Of The Nation

Former vice president, Atiku Abubakar, has reiterated the importance of mutual love and unity as an essential component for addressing the plethora of challenges bedeviling the country.

In a New year message on Friday, Atiku expressed delight at the news of production of certified vaccine to curb the spread the virulent COVID-19 infection.

Atiku noted that Nigeria had had its fair share of the havoc wreaked by the infection globally, adding that the country’s situation was further aggravated by the ridiculous managing of the country’s affairs by the government at the center.

“The out-gone year was quite dramatic and it is only by the grace of the Almighty God that we survived to witness the succeeding year.

“It is cheering that we are entering the New Year with refreshing news of a handful of certified vaccines against the dreaded Covid-19 virus. And better still is news of commencement of vaccination in some parts of the world.

” I am expectant that the vaccine(s) would soon be available for vaccination in Nigeria. It is also hoped that very soon life would return to normal.

“As a country, we have taken our share of the blow that Covid-19 dealt to the globe. And worst still, we suffered a multi-facet downcast on account of lazy and uninspiring leadership from the government at the centre – most especially”.

Ekohotblog reports that Atiku condoled with those who lost loved ones to the disease and those who lost their lives owing to insecurity and widespread poverty engendered by mismanagement of the country’s economy.

Atiku averred that damage that the pandemic had done to our lives would  remain, and it would take some time for us to overcome. “However, bad as the virus was, the fundamental lesson that the scourge reinforces is our bond as one species of homo sapiens, in which an attack on one is an attack on all”

“Moving forward, we would require the same kind of cooperation that it takes to develop an antidote to Covid-19, to come up with solutions to many of the other ills that confront our world.

“Perhaps, that is the lesson to be taken from the pandemic, and it should be our pathway into the New Year”

Atiku said as the country struggles to contain the virus, it is faced with common threat of terrorism, kidnapping and sundry criminalities; the threat of economic meltdown, unemployment and poverty

He opined that the the country can’t tackle any of these threats if the citizens refuse to cooperate and work together irrespective of their intangible differences.

“As Nigerians, we are all aware of the challenges that bedevil the country. We need not begin to enumerate them. But what we must not let happen is allowing our weakness to wall our strength.

” Our diversity offers a rare opportunity of plural perspectives to finding a solution to our problems. If we fail to take that advantage, we would be weaker while the problems keep growing bigger and the blame will be on us.

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” As we embrace this New Year with brighter hopes of restoration, let us do so with even a stronger commitment to unity, cooperation and mutual love. Let us work as one people, under one God with one country to call home.

” I wish every Nigerian a prosperous Year 2021 and I do pray that every family shall find renewal in the New Year.” He said