Hardship: Akpabio urges patience amid Tinubu govt’s reforms

Senate President, Godswill Akpabio has urged Nigerians to be patient with the administration of President Bola Tinubu.

He assured that the reforms initiated by the government will soon bear fruits of economic prosperity.

Senator Akpabio made the call in his opening address as the Chairman of the Second Plenary Meeting of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria at Ikot Ekpene, Akwa Ibom State.

A statement by the Special Assistant to the President of the Senate on Media/Communication, Anietie Ekong quoted Senator Akpabio as urging Nigerians never to be despaired by the current situation that Nigeria was going through but to look forward to a brighter future.

According to Akpabio, “Let me seize this opportunity to urge my compatriots to be be patient with your government as we lay again the foundations of this house. Do not despair when the winds blow strong or the scaffolding shakes.

“For a nation is like a mighty cathedral—it is not raised overnight, but stone by stone, prayer by prayer, hand by hand.

Let us therefore renew hope in the Nigerian enterprise. Let us believe again that our land can be great, that our children can inherit a future brighter than our present.

“Let us bind the wounds of division, banish the cynicism of despair, and walk together—Church and State, pulpit and parliament, faith and policy—towards the dawn.

“Transformation is not the burden of one arm of society, nor the privilege of a select few. It is a covenant of partnership. As St. Paul declares: ‘We are co-workers in God’s service; you are God’s field, God’s building.’”