Christmas: Senator Adeola urges christians to renew faith in god, be security conscious
Senator Solomon Adeola, the Chairman Senate Committee on Finance has called on all Christians in particular and Nigerians in general to use the occasion of the Christmas celebration to renew their faith in Jesus Christ and abide by all security and safety precautionary measures against the continuing rampaging COVID-19 global pandemic and insecurity in some parts of Nigeria.
In a Christmas message to felicitates with his constituents and Nigeria Christendom on the occasion of 2021 Christmas, Senator Adeola said Christmas symbolizes the celebration of the birth of a new dawn for the salvation of souls for all humanity especially for the Christian believers.
While acknowledging that the occasion indeed should be joyous with merry making, the Senator call for caution in such display of positive emotion in view of the prescribed precautionary measures to prevent and combat possibly, the fourth wave of Covid-19 pandemic with the Omicron variant, adding that in this season it is better to be safe and secure than be sorry.
Senator Adeola, in a statement signed by his Media Adviser, Chief Kayode Odunaro, stated that Nigerians in general are going through a difficult period compounded by the lingering Covid-19 pandemic with many losing their sources of incomes, adding however that there is every likelihood that 2022 will be better than this year as the world makes advances in vaccination and possible advancement in drugs for treatment of Covid-19 vaccine.
“I urge all Nigerians to be patient and look forward to a better future, with abiding faith in Jesus Christ, all our challenges will be a thing of the past as we move to a new and hopefully a glorious new year” he stated.
Governors Are Behind APC, Political Crises In Nigeria– Hon Popoola
Emmanuel Kehinde, ILORIN
Hon Saheed Popoola, member representing Ojomu/Balogun constituency in the Kwara State House of Assembly believes that governors under the auspices of the Nigerian Governors Forum are behind the political crisis in both the ruling party and the country at large.
According to him, the governors are the chief instigators of party crisis in their respective states and further frustrating efforts at granting autonomy to both local government’s and state assemblies despite President Mohammadu Buhari signing Executive Order 10, allowing for autonomy to relevant tiers of governance.
“You can see for yourself what has happened with the Electoral Ammendament Bill, how they forced the president not to sign it into law.
“The NGF is too powerful and unless something is done about it, I am not sure we would have good governance in the country,” Popoola said.
The lawmaker made this disclosure in a no holds barred interview with journalists in Ilorin under the NewsKeg, a platform where important personalities are brought to shed light on topical issues and organised by the Correspondent Chapel, Kwara State chapter.
Speaking earlier about his achievement as lawmaker, Hon Popoola said that constituencies now look up to lawmakers to perform duties constitutionally meant to be performed by local government councils.
“All the local councils are now dead because the governors want it so.
“They are now bringing the same thing to APC and if care is not taken, what happened to APC in Anambra Governorship election might happen to the party across the country,” he said.
