The National Chairman of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) Dr. Olu Agunloye has charged all Christians in the Country to be embrace peace, unity and progress, this he stated while congratulating the Christians on the celebration of this year’s Easter.
According to him, Easter is the joyful end of the season of fasting and penitence by Christians and a symbol of new life represented the emergence of Jesus Christ from resurrection.
Dr Agunloye also urged Nigerians to reflect soberly on the essence of Easter, which he said, “is about Love, Sacrifice, Ransom and Hope”.
In his words, “It is about relationships and engagements with fellowmen, redemptive work done for mankind, sacrifices made, ransom paid and the associated hope for rebirth.”
He noted that some two thousand and twenty-one years ago, Christ Jesus sacrificed his life for redemption of others and in modern days across the world, many people are still making sacrifices of time, energy, resources and even lives for the collective progress.
The National Chairman of the SDP also stated that the country is currently wobbling through a tempestuous time wherein bandits, herdsmen, Boko Haram and other criminals brazenly confront the President of the Federal Republic and Commander-in-Chief at will.
He stressed that it is critical for Nigerians to revisit the ideals and ideology of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) for which M.K.O Abiola was associated and imbibe the essence of sacrifice for a rebirth to promote integration, unity, justice, and equity to heal our national fractures and pull Nigeria back from the brink.
Dr Agunloye also reiterated the determination of his Party to provide creditable alternative political vehicle to guarantee value for the votes and sweats of the common people in Nigeria.
He added that the time has come to restructure the governance and constitutional systems, the fiscal system and the federal system, to reassure the people of Nigeria and to restore hope so that separationist or secessionist agitations can die down and the nation can commence the urgent process of rebuilding to evolve a new, safer, freer and prosperous Nigeria.