Nigeria at 61: Akande-Sadipe Rekindles Nigerians’ Hopes

October 1, 2021
Nigeria at 61 Akande-Sadipe

By Modupe Gbadeyanka

A member of the House of Representatives, Ms Tolulope Akande-Sadipe, has rekindled the hopes of Nigerians at home and in the diaspora as the nation celebrates its 61 years of being an independent country.

On October 1, 1960, Nigeria got its independence from Britain. Though the country is not the true reflection of what the freedom fighters hoped for over six decades ago, Ms Akande-Sadipe believes there is still light at the end of the tunnel.

In her message to the nation issued by her Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Olamilekan Olusada, the lawmaker expressed optimism that Nigeria will be great in the nearest future.

The Chairman of the House Committee on Diaspora, therefore, called on Nigerians to join hands across tribal divides and work for a Nigeria, where there is peace, love and equity.

She prayed that God would favour the nation with His grace and blessing, while he leads her leaders aright.

“I pray that God would favour this Nation with his Grace, Blessing and Lead us right,” she was quoted as saying in the statement made available to Business Post, noting that there are lots to celebrate as a nation.

“Nigeria at 61, I believe there is a lot to celebrate, that we exist as a nation is to be celebrated, we need to celebrate because life gives us an opportunity for change, for further development, an opportunity to be the great nation that we really want to be and ought to be, if Nigeria today no longer existed there would be no future or hope as a nation,” she said.

“My prayer for Nigeria is to heal itself from within, healing itself from within is not all about our leaders only, in my opinion, leadership comes out of the people so when the people fix themselves, the leadership that would come out of the people would be the leadership that we are proud of,” she added.

In her emotional tribute, Ms Akande-Sadipe said, “The future belongs to us. The future is in our hands!!! God bless Nigeria.”

Modupe Gbadeyanka

Modupe Gbadeyanka is a fast-rising journalist with Business Post Nigeria. Her passion for journalism is amazing. She is willing to learn more with a view to becoming one of the best pen-pushers in Nigeria. Her role models are the duo of CNN's Richard Quest and Christiane Amanpour.

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