IN THE MEANTIME A CHIEFTAIN OF PEOPLE DEMOCRATIC PARTY, IN OYO STATE, MR OPEYEMI FATOLA, HAS SALUTED THE RESILIENCE OF NIGERIANS IN THE WAVE FO VARIOUS CHALLENGES THAT SHAPES THE OUTGOING YEAR 2020, CALLING THE TO IMBIBE THE LESSON OF ENDURANCE DISPLAYED BY JESUS CHRIST.
IN A CHRISTMAS MESSAGE TO GOVERNOR SEYI MAKINDE AND THE ENTIRE PEOPLE OF OYO STATE, FATOLA, NOTED THAT THERE IS A SINGLE WORD THAT SERVES AS A FITTING REPRESENTATION OF 2020 – “RESILIENCE”.
ACCORDING TO FATOLA, 2020 WITNESSED A LOT FROM A GLOBAL HEALTH PANDEMIC, END SARS PROTEST, PROLONGED ASUU STRIKES, TERRORISM, BANDITRY, HERDSMEN KILLINGS, KIDNAPPING, INJUSTICES, AND AN INCREASINGLY VOLATILE CLIMATE, HE STRESSED THAT THE IMPACT OF 2020 WILL BE FELT FOR DECADES TO COME.
WHILE WISHING NIGERIANS A HEALTHY XMAS AND HAPPY 2021, FATOLA ENJOINED NIGERIANS TO LOOK FORWARD TO THE PROSPECT OF A CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR IN WHICH THEY CAN SEE ONE ANOTHER ASONE FAMILY, SHARE A HANDSHAKE OR HUG, AND PASS ONE ANOTHER ON THE STREET WITH A BIG SMILE ON OUR FACES.
