29/05/2018
RENEWING OUR COMMITMENT TOWARDS BUILDING A SUSTAINABLE DEMOCRACY.
2018 NIGERIA'S DEMOCRACY DAY MESSAGE. BY HON. HONOURABLE SAMUEL ISA SHAMAKI.
My good people of Sanga local government I join you today to celebrate this 2018 Democracy Day. All glory be to our creator for his love and protection over our lives.
I want to use this opportunity to again appreciate those who have stood up to defend the priceless gift of democracy in Sanga Local Government Area, Kaduna State and all over our country.
To those who were maimed, brutalized and abused, to those who paid the supreme price, may your soul continue to rest peace and may your labour never be in vain.
Like the title of the message "RENEWING OUR COMMITMENT TO BUILDING A SUSTAINABLE DEMOCRACY".
Today is another day of sober reflections and thinking it is obvious that our efforts and that of some of our past leaders in building a strong institutions for our democracy to thrive and our country to progress is threatened.
After 19 years of democracy, its glaring that what we have now is militarized form of democracy". Our once nascent democracy has refuse to grow, yet some undemocratic persons are bend on having it their own way.
These are trying moments for us all but can unite,set for ourselves standards, make plans and stick to these standards to defend what is left of our democracy and to build formidable and strong institutions.
Let us not be deterred by what we face today as difficult roads always lead to glorious destinations. We must see hope amidst our adversaries and learn to stand tall in the face of tyranny and bad governance, we must preserve the sanctity of our democracy to show the rest of the world we are ready for good governance and progress.
We must learn to submit to the powers of the ballot and show it efficacy over the bullet.
It is my our craving that the people of Sanga local Government in no distant time will retrieve their stolen mandate and again enjoy the benefits of democracy. But this wishes can't be actualize without you all.
Finally I will like to end by saying we may have lost our past, we may have been struggling with the exigencies of our time but we must not seat back to see our future crashing and burning in our time we must stand firm in the face of all these pains.
I wish you all a happy democracy day. Thank you all for taking your time to read this.
GOD BLESS.
HON.SAMUEL ISA SHAMAKI Chairmanship Candidate of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) SANGA LGA of Kaduna State.