Full Text: Bauchi Gov’s 2021 Christmas Message

  

GOODWILL     MESSAGE     TO   THE PEOPLE OF BAUCHI STATE BY HIS EXCELLENCY,  SEN. BALA ABDULKADIR MOHAMMED CON THE EXECUTIVE    GOVERNOR OF BAUCHI STATE ON THE OCCASION  OF THE  2021 CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION ON SATURDAY 25th  DECEMBER, 2021 

My  Fellow Citizens of Bauchi State.

Glory be  to God Almighty for sparing our lives to witness this year’s Christmas.  I wish to join millions of Nigerians in congratulating our Christian brothers and sisters on this year’s Christmas celebration.   

As you all know, Christmas  is  an  annual event that marks the   birth of Jesus Christ who paid the supreme price in order to save the lives of his disciples and followers.  

2.    As you celebrate Christmas, it is with great pleasure that I, on behalf of myself, the government and   the entire people of Bauchi State, extend my warm and sincere message of goodwill. Jesus Christ had throughout his lifetime preached peace, honesty, love for one another and above all the fear of God.  It is these virtues that people irrespective of their religious   belief are enjoined to imbibe and put into practice.

3.      While we celebrate the event with meditation and happiness, we should also reflect seriously on  our routine and spiritual deeds  in the last one year and pray to God for better and prosperous years ahead.  I wish to use this opportunity to reiterate my call for mutual respect and peaceful co-existence among our citizenry.  We should learn to live with one another harmoniously irrespective of our political, cultural and religious differences.     We should also imbibe the spirit of love and forgiveness.  The Christmas period should also be used to strengthen existing friendships and establish  new ones.  To this end, I call on Christians in particular to  exchange visits among  themselves and adherents of other faiths during the Christmas period.

4  The primary objective of any  responsible Government is to ensure security of lives and property of its citizens.      To this end, the Government is collaborating with security agencies to address real and perceived threats to the security of  lives and property of the  citizenry.   Pursuant to this, the Government is  providing logistics  and other support to the security Agencies for effective and efficient operation.

5.    The provision of infrastructural facilities is aimed at stabilizing and  strengthening  the economic status of  the State to become  one of the States that has a strong economic  base in the country. We are ready to provide the    political will that will lead us to the promised land.   The  Kaura Economic  Empowerment Programme (KEEP) has  been  launched  in nearly half the Local Governments in the State.  The programme is  aimed at  taking the  majority of the people of the State out of  poverty.     

6.    Government is aware of all your support  since its  inception, that is why it is striving  as much as possible to reciprocate  the gesture by embarking on policies and programmes that have direct  bearing on the  lives of the people.  The   provision of infrastructure and social amenities by the Government is  an  on-going programme.   With your  continued  support and understanding,   all nooks and crannies of the State would benefit from the programme.

7.      While wishing you a merry Christmas, I pray that the occasion will be observed peacefully.   May the God Almighty continue to guide and protect us, Amen.