Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has congratulated Nigerians for witnessing the New Year 2023.
This was as Minority Caucus of the House under leadership of Ndudi Elumelu also urged the citizens to be resilient in view of the expected recovery from the 2023 general elections.
The Speaker said the year 2023 will be significant for Nigerians, being the year that citizens will elect new leaders to pilot the affairs of the country, adding that was optimistic about the opportunities and possibilities that lie ahead and urged Nigerians to remain resolute and determined as a people.
According to him, 2023 is a defining year for Nigeria, which is why the citizens should be united and speak with one voice, as he wished Nigerians success individually and collectively in 2023, calling for prayers for successful elections in the message through Lanre Lasisi, Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the Speaker.
Also in its message, Minority Caucus of the House congratulates Nigerians on the dawning of the New year, 2023, urging them to further unite, brace up and forge a formidable front in the determination to rescue our nation from oppressive forces.
“Indeed, as a people, we must step into the New Year with thanksgiving to God for the miracle of surviving the suffocating economic hardship, escalated insecurity and myriads of suppressive experiences occasioned by the misrule of the incompetent, insensitive and very corrupt All Progressives Congress (APC).
“The New year presents a fresh opportunity for us as Nigerians to rekindle our sense of patriotism, love, care and commitment to one another as we redirect our productive energies, collective ingenuity, creativity and resourcefulness to reinvent our nation for the good of all.
“The year 2023 is therefore significant, being the year of the much-awaited general elections that will mark the end of eight years of asphyxiating regime of the APC, as Nigerians march to the polls to elect a new people-oriented leadership to commence the onerous task of rebuilding our nation.
“Our Caucus therefore urges Nigerians to set aside all parochial personal, group, sectional, ethnic and religious sentiments, focus on the larger national interest and firmly resist all selfish and anti-democratic forces that might attempt to distract or subvert their will in the elections”, Elumelu said in the message.
