The Next Edition
  • Home
  • About Us
  • News
  • Featured
  • Investigations
  • Foreign
  • Special Reports
  • Entertainment
  • Interviews
  • Advert Rate
No Result
View All Result
The Next Edition
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • About Us
  • News
  • Featured
  • Investigations
  • Foreign
  • Special Reports
  • Entertainment
  • Interviews
  • Advert Rate
Home Headline News

Text of speech by Governor Udom Emmanuel on Nigeria @ 57

Next Edition by Next Edition
October 1, 2017
in Headline News, South-South
BREAKING: Monkey pox Spreads to A’Ibom, One case Recorded

Akwa Ibom state governor, Udom Emmanuel

0
SHARES
17
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on Whatsapp

Let me on behalf of the Government and good people of Akwa Ibom State congratulate President Muhammadu Buhari and our fellow Nigerians on the occasion of our 57th Independence Anniversary.

  1. 57 years ago today when the Union Jack was lowered for the last time and our flag was raised, signifying our independence, the nation was agog with excitement. Our Founding Fathers had so much hope and expectations for the nascent State. They had every reason to be optimistic. We were and still are a land of vibrant, creative, talented and daring people and the hopes of a full harvest of these gifts was that it won’t take long for our nation to join others and become a major player in global affairs with attendant prosperity and justice for all.
  2. Today, though our march down the boulevard of Statehood has been strewn with thorns, though we had to fight a bitter and acrimonious three year long Civil War, though the hopes of an economically powerful nation with world class infrastructural amenities are still works in progress, our hopes of getting to the promise land remains alive. We are incredibly optimistic people.
  3. On this occasion of our Independence Anniversary, let us as a people renew our faith in the immutable belief that our nation is a blessed land, where each must give his or own best to get us to where we are destined to be.
  4. Let us celebrate our beauty in diversity and use this as a unifying force as opposed to using same as a tool to exclude others from national aspirations.
  5. Let us use our religious, tribal and cultural differences as galvanizing ingredients to forge a stronger bond of friendship and unity, respecting each other’s sacred boundaries of belief and thoughts. Let us not use these differences to create a society of “we” against the “others.”
  6. Other societies have used these rich tapestries to enhance and deepen their bond of nationhood. The United States for instance, have Jews who practice Judaism, the Mormons who practice another variant of Christianity, and  other shades of religion and they all co-mingle without causing social fissures.
  7. The Deep South has cultural identities that are decidedly different for the North, yet these fault lines are not exploited to cause social tension in the land. Let us on this day, renew in our hearts our undying and unyielding devotion to the immutable words as contained in our first National Anthem that “though tribes and tongues may differ in brotherhood we stand.”
  8. Though we may have experienced economic downturn lately, there is a silver lining in the sky; our recession will soon be over, thank God! This is the time for our leaders to deploy our huge natural blessings to create an economically viable society where the youths would have jobs and hopes of growth and development. Let us look at other creative ways of growing our economy, using the tools of the 21st Century and engendering in us, a new moral and psychological attitude based on the belief that God endowed us all with special and unique gifts and we must appropriate these gifts for the betterment of ourselves and the society at large.

Nigeria will remain one indivisible country, where equity, justice and fairness shall prevail. We have come too far to entertain options other than strengthening our bonds of unity and equality.

You might also like

Four Dead, ’18 Injured’ As IEDs Explode In Yobe

Police Arrest Two Traffic Robbers In Lagos

Lagos Assembly Approves Solar-powered Street Lighting Initiative

  1. Here in Akwa Ibom, our faith in the National Project remains sacrosanct. Let me use this opportunity to thank our people for the show of love and unity they displayed during the festivities that marked our 30th Anniversary last weekend. You really made us proud. I want to pledge here that as long as I remain your Servant Leader, I will do all I can to move this State forward by pursuing and implementing policies and programmes that will put food on the table, ensure quality and affordable education for our kids, a healthy and vibrant populace and a youth population that earns a living through the works of their hands as opposed to begging for a living.
  2. Our industrialization drive is on course and I want to also use this opportunity to thank the Vice President, His Excellency, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, for honouring us with his esteemed presence and for commissioning our two-life touching projects that signpost our industrialization drive – the Syringe Manufacturing Company, the Metering Solutions Company  as well as our newly reconstructed Etinan General Hospital.
  3. Let me thank the gallant efforts of our Armed Forces in fighting insurgency and other security challenges in our country. Our nation is on the march; our State is also on the march and together, we are moving gloriously to the land of economic prosperity, political inclusion, wealth and job creations, and the expansion and consolidation of our infrastructural amenities.

Happy Birthday Nigeria!  God bless our nation, God bless Akwa Ibom State.

Tags: GovernorheadlinenewsNEXT EDITIONNigeria @57south southText of speechUdom Emmanuel
Next Edition

Next Edition

Recommended For You

Police Arrest 'immigration officer,' 3Others With Trailers Of Rustled Cows

Four Dead, ’18 Injured’ As IEDs Explode In Yobe

At least four people have been killed and 18 reportedly injured following two separate improvised explosive device (IED) explosions in Gujba LGA of Yobe state. According to Zagazola...

Police Arrest Hotelier Over OAU Post-Graduate Student’s Death

Police Arrest Two Traffic Robbers In Lagos

  Operatives of the Lagos Rapid Response Squad (RRS), a unit of the Lagos Police Command, have arrested two notorious traffic robbers operating in the Ketu and Mile...

Lagos Govt Reaffirms Ban On Flogging In Schools, Upholds Counseling

Lagos Assembly Approves Solar-powered Street Lighting Initiative

  The Committee urged the Lagos State Electricity Board to ensure equitable distribution of the solar street lights across all parts of the state. The Lagos House of...

Senate Confirms Sani Adam As INEC National Commissioner

Constitution Review: Senate To Consider States Creation Requests, State Police, Other Bills

The Senate committee responsible for reviewing the 1999 constitution has announced that it will evaluate 31 proposals for the creation of new states as part of a renewed...

Next Post
There is no alternative to one Nigeria –Emmanuel

There is no alternative to one Nigeria –Emmanuel




Related News

How world’s largest brain tumour was removed

How world’s largest brain tumour was removed

Court Remands Herdsmen For Alleged Kidnap Of 15 yr-old Boy

Five Indians Jailed For oil Theft In Lagos

Police Arrest 'immigration officer,' 3Others With Trailers Of Rustled Cows

Police Confirm One Dead As Kidnappers Abduct Travellers On Sagamu-Benin Expressway




The Next Edition

Office Address

3B, Agboola Aina street, Off Toyin Street,
Ikeja, Lagos.

Quick Contact Details

Phone:
08033018430
Whatsapp:
08051679910

Email:
[email protected]
[email protected]

Categories

  • Aviation
  • Beauty
  • Breaking News
  • Business
  • Columnists
  • Editorial
  • Entertainment
  • Fashion
  • Featured
  • Football
  • Foreign
  • Headline News
  • Home & Garden
  • Interviews
  • Investigations
  • North Central
  • North East
  • North West
  • Opinion
  • Parenting
  • Politics
  • Relationships
  • South East
  • South West
  • South-South
  • Special Reports
  • Sports
  • Top News
  • Vox Pops

© Next Edition Business Development Limited

  • About Us
  • Advert Rate
  • Contact Us
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Use
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • About Us
  • News
  • Featured
  • Investigations
  • Foreign
  • Special Reports
  • Entertainment
  • Interviews
  • Advert Rate

© Next Edition Business Development Limited