Senate president renews call for peaceful co-existence

He said the society would be a better place if everyone imbibed a brotherly spirit.
Mark said this yesterday at St. Augustine’s Catholic Church Otukpo, Benue State to mark this year’s Christmas celebration.
He said political crisis and ethno-religious conflicts would be a thing of the past in the country if all is his brother’s keeper.
He requested the citizens especially the clergy to always put leaders in prayer to get the right direction and needed wisdom in piloting the affairs of the nation for the good of all.
In his homily, the Parish Priest of St. Augustine’s Catholic Church, Rev. Kenneth Odeh prayed for peace and unity of the nation, saying that development cannot thrive in an atmosphere of rancour .
Rev. Odeh noted that Nigerian leaders are distracted and unable to deliver the dividends of democracy on account of violence and crisis of large proportion in many parts of the country.
“For lack of peace in our land, from the south-south, South-East, South-West, North-Central, North-West, and North-East, our leaders are so distracted. The wealth of our nation is channeled towards fighting insurgency and terrorism. We cannot continue like this as a people”, the clergy man lamented.
He therefore implored leaders and the followers to make peace the cornerstone of our existence.