Press Release: Saraki Calls For Collective Efforts To Grow Economy in New Year

Date: 2017-01-01

Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki has congratulated Nigerians for witnessing the New Year in spite of the hard times and called for collective efforts to end the current recession and grow the economy.

Saraki in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Yusuph Olaniyonu, said the nation's challenges are surmountable "but we need to approach them with unity of purpose, focus and single-mindedness."

He said: "It is a thing of joy to celebrate the New Year in an atmosphere of peace and security. For one thing, the people of the Northeast and indeed across the country are celebrating without fear of attacks from insurgents or other criminal elements.

"This was made possible by the determination of the present administration to effectively secure the country and ensure peace – which is key for any development to be achieved.

"I believe that working collectively in the New Year, we will be able to right the wrongs of the past and ensure renewed economic, social and political development of our dear country. This is not the time to despair as there are signs that things will get better today in the new year.

"We must realize that amid our economic challenge lies our greatest opportunity to diversify and be self-reliant as a nation. This we can do by strengthening the capacity of our entrepreneurs to produce using local content and while we all decide to always buy made in Nigeria goods.

"Even though we are not where we want to be as a nation yet, we must continue to take those steps that will eventually bring us to our envisioned destination as a prosperous and peaceful country," he said.

He stated that the legislature and the executive would collaborate more closely to advance policies and programmes that would end the economic recession in the New Year.

"Working together, we will fulfill the mandate of the millions of Nigerians that we represent," he said, "Success is our only option in these turbulent economic times".

END

Yusuph Olaniyonu

Special Adviser, Media and Publicity, to the Senate President

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Salihu Ajia     Funmilayo Oniwa     Budo Egba     Omupo     HICA     CKNG     Isa Aremu     Saka Asiat Ayinke     Igbaja     Lola Ashiru     Oba-Solagberu     Oyeyemi Olasumbo Florence     Kwara Hotel     Lanre Jimoh     Ayeyemi Sulaiman     All Peoples Party     State Bureau Of Internal Revenue     Ilorin East/South Federal Constituency     Okeose Christian Cementary     Adam Abdullahi Al-Ilory     Toyin Abdullahi     JMK Construction Company Limited     Alimi Abdulrazaq     Maimunat Oniyangi     NULGE     Kayode Laro     Ola Falade     Mazars Consulting     Matthew Babaoye     Ibraheem Abdullateef     Okoolowo     Igbomina     Kamaldeen Kehinde     Bayer AG     Reuben Paraje     Dankaka     Marafan Shonga     KWIRS     Agbarere     Aisha Buhari     Roheemat Hammed     Ijagbo     Kwha.gov.ng     NAWOJ     Okasanmi Ajayi     Kwara Liberation Group     Abdulkadir Remi Hawawu     Saliu Ajibola Ajia     Isiaka Abdulrazak     Amusement Park     Atiku     Lucky Omoluwa     Diagnostic Centre     Esinrogunjo     Wahab Issa     Salihu Ajibola Ajia     Shettima Of Ilorin     Musa Yeketi     Olatomiwa Williams     Undergraduate Bursary     Ishola Balogun Fulani     Ibrahim Taiwo     Toyin Falola     Transition Implementation Committee     Ballah     Muslim Cementary     Abdulrasheed Na\'Allah     Yahya Mohammed     Umar Ahmed Gunu     Afolabi-Oshatimehin     Abdulrahman Abdulrasak     Michael Ologundea     AGF Abdulrazaq     Sabi     Centre For Peace And Strategic Studies     Alao Ayotunde     Adedipe    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Emmanuel Bello     Saka Abimbola Isau     Saliu Mustapha     Joana Nnazua Kolo     Share-Tsaragi     Sam Okaula     Amule Elementary School     Gbajabiamila     Wasiu Odewale     IsDB     Jaiz Bank     Ibrahim Akaje     Ganiyu Taofiq     Sunset Workers     Share     Mohammed Haruna     Ben Duntoye     Mohammed Katsina Ahmed     Yusuf Ali     Maigida     COVID     Ilorin     Sulyman Abdulkareem     Isa Aremu     Yahaya Muhammad     Kwara     Muhammed Taofeeq Abdulrazaq     Ariyo     Durbar     Kisra     Fatai Garuba Labaka     Wale Oladepo     Federal Allocation     Asiwaju Bola Tinubu     Afolabi-Oshatimehin     Tsaragi-Share     Olabode George Towoju     Alfa Modibo Belgore     Isaac Gbenle     Kwasu     Saadu Yusuf     Ali Ahmad     Gamji Members Association     John Kehinde Salako     Bayo Ajia     Hussein Oloyede     Elerin Of Adanla     Jani Ibrahim     Salman Jawondo     Ayodele Olaosebikan     Ubandawaki     Ilorin Metro Park     Centre For Community Empowerment And Poverty Eradication     Olaoye B. Felix     Dapo Teni Nig Enterprise     Elewu     Dairo Kunle Paul     Ndakene     Kwara 2019     Bureau Of Lands     Mubarak Oladosu     Abikan     Facemasks     PPS     ER-KANG Mining     Ijagbo     Oloriegbe     Hausa     Yusuf Abdulwahab     Kwara South     Ganmo Power Sub-Station     Umar Adelodun     Code Of Conduct Bureau     Rice Farmers Association Of Nigeria     Kayode Ishola     Oju Ekun Sarumi     Aminat Omodara