The senator representing Kogi Central Senatorial District, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, has urged Nigerians to move into 2024 with hope, to show changing narratives in a well-defined civil space.
This she said in her new year message to Nigerians.
Natasha noted that indeed, 2023 was quite a remarkable year but we can’t help but think about the suffering lot and those who died only to assume that God loves them less. So, let’s leave the fears and tears of 2023 and intentionally seek a prosperous 2024.
“As we enter into the New Year, many do the usual: thank God for keeping me alive, for my healthy children, for the house I built.
“Personally, I have a lot to be grateful for this year. I survived a ghastly motor accident on the 14th of April 2023, after being rigged out of the senatorial elections I overwhelmingly won. Gratefully the courts bided me justice on the 31st of October 2023.
“Two recent unfortunate incidents come to mind, the Tudun Biri Kaduna drone strike of the 3rd December 2023 where 88 innocent people were killed by an erroneous military air attack. Shouldn’t have happened at all. Then the Black Christmas for residents of Bokkos and Barkin communities in Plateau where over 150 people were killed by terrorists. The image of the crying baby strapped on her dead mother’s back still haunts!!!
“Today, millions of Nigerians live in the despair of poverty and joblessness amidst the high cost of living. Quality basic education is a luxury and our women are still held hostage for want of settling maternity bills in poorly fit healthcare facilities. The roads… oh the roads are death traps and playgrounds for bandits and kidnappers.
“You are a senator, fix these problems, I sense many say. Yes, I can… and so can you… as well as the president. We can fix the problems ourselves and rebuild the Nigeria of our dreams.
“How about starting off 2024 by making a resolution for accountability? On grounds of negligence, we can call for the sack and prosecution of the Army commandant who ordered the Tudun Biri air strike. We can call for the sack of the Plateau State Director of DSS and Commissioner of Police for gross incompetence over the killings in Plateau.”
