Former President of the Senate, David Mark has called on Nigerian citizens to come together and establish a common front against their common enemies trying to destabilize the peace and tranquility of the country.
Mark said it was time for all men and women of good conscience to rise to the occasion and proffer lasting solutions to the lingering insecurity that has enveloped the entire country.
The former President of the Senate stated this at a morning mass to mark his 73rd birthday.
Mark said Nigerians can no longer deny ‘the current level of insecurity and disharmony tearing the country apart.
” Though we have different reasons to celebrate at different times, we cannot shy away from the present abnormality of insecurity and disharmony threatening the very foundation of our country”.
“It is important for all of us to come together and fashion out a workable and equitable solution to end this menace.
Mark says he believes that Nigeria will overcome the situation if the people and their leaders are willing to do the right thing.
Present at the mass were top members of Mark’s Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) including the National Chairman, Uche Secondus, and the National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan.
Others were former President of the Senate, Pius Ayim and former Senate Leader, Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba.
Mark served as Nigeria’s Senate President from 2007 to 2015 and fondly remembered for his role in the enactment of “the Doctrine of Necessity”, that saved Nigeria from a major leadership crisis following the death of President Umaru Yar’Adua.
Also Read: Fmr Senate President David Mark canvases for unity and peace among Nigerians
Away from active politics, and at 73, David Mark says he is now an ambassador of peace in his home state Benue and Nigeria with a resolve to serve God and humanity.
Editor: Paul Akhagbemhe
