Senator David Mark
The President of the Senate, Senator David Mark, has again taken stock
of the unfolding political scenario in the country and submitted that,
“what the nation need now is genuine reconciliation of all sections of
the country and not otherwise.”
Senator Mark, in a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr.
Paul Mumeh, therefore enjoined the incoming Muhammadu Buhari
administration to take as a priority genuine reconciliation of all
Nigerians in order to assuage the feelings of some aggrieved persons.
He said despite different political affiliations on which public
officers were elected, “what must be paramount is the service, welfare
and security of Nigerians irrespective of ethnic, religious or political
differences”.
Addressing the congregation at a thanksgiving Mass ahead of the end of
the 7th Senate at St. Mulumba Catholic Chaplaincy, Apo in Abuja, Mark
canvassed the need to address the insecurity situation especially in the
North-east zone ravaged by Boko Haram.
He counseled public office seekers against desperation for power saying
“there is no need to be desperate for power, since power comes from
God. Once we acknowledge this, we will not be at each other’s throat.”
Mark also gave credit to Almighty God for sustaining him throughout the
eight years as President of the Senate. He stated: “my 16 years in the
Senate and eight years as the President of the Senate is the Lord’s
doing, not by my own wisdom, power, intelligence or fame and influence.”
He specifically expressed appreciation to his colleagues in the Senate
and by extension the House of Representatives for the support and
cooperation which he said helped him to succeed as the President of the
Senate.
Mark added, “It has been a unique opportunity to serve in a public
office. If God has not permitted us, we could not have achieved the much
we have done for the people and above all for God.”
Earlier in his homily, the Catholic Archbishop of Abuja, Cardinal John
Onaiyekan counseled politicians to reduce the political tension in the
country by avoiding the winner-takes-all syndrome.
Onaiyekan urged the Buhari incoming administration to take the nation
as his constituency and carry everybody along in the scheme of things
adding, “Mr. President-elect should see himself as the president of
Nigeria and not of the All Progressives Congress (APC).”
He further admonished the incoming administration to use its campaign
mantra of change to re-orientate and indeed change the attitude of
Nigerians for good.
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