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NIGERIANS CALLED TO UNITE FOR 2025 GROWTH AND PROSPERITY
The immediate past chairman of Delta State traditional rules council and the Obi of Owa kingdom, Dr Emmanuel Efeizomor 11, has advised Nigerians to unite for growth and prosperity in 2025.
According to him, the nation needs more resilience on unity in the face of the current socio – economic downturn in the country.
He called on Nigerians not to despair but rather look inwards for more self sustainable socio – economic measures to cushion the effects of the harsh economic realities of the time.
According to the octogenarian monarch in his New Year message to Nigerians, “a more united Nigeria in the face of the current diversity occasioned by social economic and political woes in the country. A more focused attention should be placed on agriculture and farming as panacea to the current food crisis in the country.
“If governments at all levels prioritize agriculture and food production , the measures would go a long way to reducing the high cost of living and improve the daily socio – economic wellbeing of Nigerians in the new year.
“There is also the need for government to provide a conducive environment in terms of security to enable farmers go to their farms unmolested by herders in order to guarantee food security and stamp out hunger from the land.”
He commended the media for not only standing tall to be counted when it mattered most, but also for its doggedness in telling truth to power noting that the agenda setting function of the media had promoted societal values, cohesion and upheld the rule of law which is the fulcrum of the nations democracy and development as a nation.
Dr Efeizomor 11 described 2024 as an economically difficult year characterized by high inflationary trends , hunger and untold economic hardship and hailed the resilience , doggedness and patience with which Nigerians surmounted the excruciating economic challenges of the out gone year.
He appealed to those in the corridors of power at the National and Sub – National levels to endeavour to change the narrative in 2025 by engaging in deep reflection on the essence of governance and service delivery with a view to enthroning a new paradigm in the policy directions of government especially in the areas with direct impact on the socio – economic well-being of the people.