- * Assures That 2022 Offers New Hope, Fresh Opportunities.
By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief)
Top Presidential hopeful, Senator Anyim Pius Anyim, on New Year Day, implored all Nigerians not to be fazed by the challenges of the out-gone year 2021 but should strive to approach the New Year 2022 with confidence, renewed hope, and connect to God's promises of a better year and beyond.
Anyim's consolation words were contained in his 9-paragraph New Year Message issued on Saturday, January 1, 2022.
The former President of the Senate said he felicitates with his fellow compatriots for making it to the new year 2022, urging that beyond all considerations, Nigerians should endeavor to give Glory to God Almighty for His mercies and loving-kindness.
Senator Anyim noted that the year 2021 was a challenging year as a "combination of natural disasters and man-made crisis put Nigeria and Nigerians through very challenging life-tests that stretched our capacities for endurance to the limits.
"Economic crisis manifested in inflation, unemployment, under-employment, job losses, weak Naira and general low earning capacities that brought Nigerians face to face with a threat to their very survival.
"Insecurity which many citizens had wished would abate got a resurgence in 2021, compounding the already difficult life for most Nigerians.
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"Again, there was the COVID-19 pandemic which made a devastating come-back in other variants that shrank social and economic interactions further and retarded the initial modest economic recoveries made after the first pandemic in 2019.
"Indeed, we all still mourn many Nigerians that died and lament for those that got dislocated, some permanently, from these sad developments of 2021".
The former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) however assured that from the "ashes of 2021, I see hope for Nigerians in the new Year 2022. God promises us hope in times of despair, strength in times of weakness, recovery after tragedies. Our Maker also promised that He will never forsake us in times of trouble.
"I, therefore, charge Nigerians to key into the promises of God in this New Year and stand strong as the overcomers we are as children of God. In 2022, let us demonstrate courage and determination to pull our country back from the precipice.
"One way of achieving this triumph is by taking even more seriously, our duties as citizens and obligations to be our brother's keepers. We must dedicate ourselves to building a more peaceful and cohesive society with justice and equity for all our people and neighbors".
Senator Anyim, therefore, wished all Nigerians a happier, safer, more peaceful, and prosperous 2022. NNL.
