The Senate President Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan has urged Nigerians to support the Federal Government in the fight against bandits, terrorists and kidnappers.
The Senate President also urged Nigerians to see the security challenges presently confronting the country as a national issue rather than an ethnic one that needs a collective effort to defeat.
The Senate President spoke yesterday in Iyin Ekiti when Lawan was conferred with the chieftaincy title of Akorewolu of Iyin Ekiti by Oluyin, Oba Adeola Adeniyi Ajakaye.
Lawan said: “The Ninth Senate has done what we need to do to make Nigeria great. Our leaders who set a vision for the country came from different constituencies, backgrounds, religious inclinations, but they had a vision that Nigeria should be the best in Africa. Challenges were faced, but those leaders dealt with some of them and subdued them. Other subsequent leaders also had the vision to make Nigeria a country that will be progressive, develop. Today, we are facing some challenges. like our former leaders used to do, we are also dealing with these challenges. The present Senate is dealing with the challenges facing the country despite our political and religious differences. Now, we are facing security challenges all over the country. Political, religious and traditional leaders must come together. Whether the problem is predominant in the Northwest or Northeast or Southwest or East, all hands must be on the deck to resolve all these challenges”.