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Christmas:
Gbajabiamila, Mark, Reps Seek Peace, Unity
House Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila, Deputy Speaker Ahmed Wase, and House minority factions rejoiced with Christians in celebration of this year’s Christmas festival.
Gbajabiamila said Christmas is meant to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ, is a time for sober reflection and renewed devotion to his teachings and methods.
A spokesman urged Christians and other Nigerians to pray for a peaceful and successful general election in 2023, in a statement from Lanre Lasisi, special adviser for media and public affairs.
Gbajabiamila Rejoices with Christians, Calls for National Prayers’ said as Nigeria prepares for general elections, it is imperative that Nigerians avoid all forms of violence and actions that could undermine the peaceful conduct of the elections. I said it is.
The spokesman urged the Nigerian public to cooperate with all relevant government agencies and officials before, during and after the election. A deputy spokesperson said,
Wase Blesses, Calls for Prayers, and Calls for Unity with Christians,” called on believers to uphold the principles of love, sacrifice, and tolerance that Jesus Christ stands for.
In a Christmas message from his chief press officer, Umar Puma, Hayase urged Christians to use this special occasion to show each other love and kindness.
He also urged Christians to take the opportunity of this year’s Christmas celebrations to pray to God to put an end to all the security and economic challenges plaguing the country.
The deputy spokesman also urged religious leaders to pray for the country and its leaders as the country prepares for his 2023 general election.
House Minority Leader Ndudi Ermer urged the Nigerian people to use the opportunity of Christmas 2022 to rekindle their faith in God and strengthen their love for one another.
Elumelu made the call in a separate statement issued on Saturday and titled, ‘Christmas:
Reps Minority Leader, Ndudi Elumelu urges Hope, Trust in God’.
The statement partly read, “It is indeed heartrending that in the last seven and half years, of the current administration, Nigerians have been so deprived that they cannot afford their basic needs and made to observe major festivities in fear, misery and utter desolation due to economic hardship and escalated insecurity.
“Despite the challenges, we must not succumb to despondency but strengthen the bond of unity, celebrate and share with one another in love, believing that this will be the last Christmas under an uncaring government.
“We must, therefore, use the celebration of the coming of Jesus (God is Salvation) to affirm our trust in God’s saving grace to rescue our nation from the woods and return her on the path of unity, peace, joy and happiness which is the essence of the Yuletide.”
Elumelu added that the minority caucus in the House felicitates with Nigerians and wishes them a merry Christmas and a happy New Year ahead. Meanwhile, former Senate Speaker David Mark urged Nigerians to renew their hope and faith in God to find lasting solutions to the socio-economic and political challenges facing the country. I urged you to
Mark took this year’s occasion to send a message of goodwill to Nigerians through his special adviser, Paul Mumee.
