Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has attacked President
Muhammadu Buhari in the New Year, saying that laziness from his government made
the nation suffer multi-facet downcast in the previous year.
Atiku, in his New Year message, said the out-gone year was
quite dramatic and it was only by the grace of the Almighty God that Nigerians
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 of lazy and uninspiring leadership from the government
at the center – most especially,” he said.
Atiku added: “But just as I often do, I pray that God should
heal the hearts of families who have lost loved ones to the disease, as well as
those who died on account of insecurity and ringing poverty occasioned by a
poor management of our national economy.”
He said the damage that the pandemic had done to lives
remained, and that it would take some time for the nation to overcome.
Atiku stated that however bad as the virus was, the
fundamental lesson that the scourge reinforced was “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.”
According to him, “just like it was with the deadly virus,
we are exposed to a common threat of terrorism, kidnapping and sundry
criminalities; threat of economic meltdown, unemployment and poverty; and, even
our solution to the problem of climate change must be within the focus of
conserving the planet we call home.
“We cannot wholly defeat any of these threats if we refuse
to cooperate and work together irrespective of our intangible differences.”
He said Nigerians were aware of the challenges that bedevil
the country, saying they needed not begin to enumerate them, but that what the
people must not let happen is allowing their weakness to wall their 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.
“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.
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