Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has urged the Fderal Government to brace up to the challenges of leadership by meeting the needs of the people.
Government, he said, should stop taking Nigerians for granted, describing the current poverty level in the country as unacceptable.
Abubakar gave the advice in a New Year message sent out by his media office in Abuja on Monday.
Abubakar said it has become expedient for leaders in political offices at different levels to brace up to the challenges of nation-building and economic prosperity for the nation and its people.
He described as unacceptable the worsening poverty in the country, which, he noted, is daily taking its toll on the ordinary citizens.
The former Vice President added that leaders should not take the continued patience of the Nigerian people for granted.“With hard work and dedication, elected leaders and public servants can rise to the expected challenges of national development and economic prosperity to redress the deepening poverty of ordinary Nigerians in 2014.
“Public office holders should not take the magnanimity of the Nigerian people for granted,’’ Abubakar said.
He also congratulated Nigerians on the New Year and urged them to face the future with optimism that the year will bring good tidings.
He thanked God for keeping Nigeria together despite its myriad of security, political and socio-economic challenges.
“Despite our challenges in the area of security, infrastructure, politics and economy, I am grateful to God for keeping us together as one.
“It is my hope that we all will face the future of our country with confidence and fervent hope that God will grant us the better tomorrow we are working for,’’ he said.
Source: Daily Independent
