Eld El-Kabir: Mark urges Nigerians to embrace unity

The President of the Senate, Senator David Mark, has urged Nigerians to unite and maintain the sanctity of brotherhood ahead of Eld-el-Kabir celebrations.

This was contained in a statement signed by Mr Paul Mumeh, the Press Secretary to the Senate President on Friday in Abuja.

The statement quoted the Mark as urging Nigerians to maintain a harmonious relationship with one another irrespective of ethnic or religious affiliations.

He said there was no problem too difficult for the nation to overcome, “if we unite and maintain the sanctity of our brother hood”.

“Government has all it takes to tackle this problem of insurgents but government cannot make the needed impact if the people fail to cooperate.

“It requires all the arsenal and good will of the citizens to fight,” he said.

According to him, the National Assembly will continue to play its role by providing the necessary legislative framework for the executive arm of government to operate.

On the 2015 general elections, the Mark said that the nation should not be turned into a battle field in the desperation to clinch political offices.

He said that politics was a call to service and should not be a war fare describing it as “a game for service”.

“We must play it according to the rules; we must be sportsmen and women at all times,” it said.

Mark said the 1999 Constitution and the Electoral Act as amended provided the needed rules for the game as well as enough sanctions for offenders and cautioned against violation of the law.

He commended Nigerians for remaining steadfast in spite of challenges, saying that government policies and programmes must be channeled toward meeting the needs of the people.