Gov Ugwuanyi promised better days ahead

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(Nigeria) Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State has promised that the New Year will witness remarkable developments that would impact positively on the lives of the people of the State and Nigerians at large, urging them to remain focused and committed to things that would promote peace, unity and progress of the State and the country.
The governor who made the statement through a New Year message signed by his Senior Special Assistant on Media, Mr. Louis Amoke, said that there is every reason for the people of the State and Nigerians to thank God for the New Year and appreciate His mercy and kindness to mankind.
He noted that through prayers, absolute faith in God and commitment, the nation’s efforts towards revitalizing its precarious economic situation would be achieved in 2016, emphasizing that this New Year is symbolic and critical to the economic survival of the nation.
Ugwuanyi added that the New Year offers the country the opportunity to re-direct itself to things that please God and impact positively on the lives of the citizenry, who he described as true heroes of democracy.
The governor while wishing the people of Enugu State and  Nigerians a happy and prosperous New Year, thanked the people of the State for their prayers, unalloyed support, love and solidarity to his administration and assured them that he will continue to serve them selflessly with the fear of God in order to take the State to the next level.

  

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