By Segun Olatunji
Chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, Senator (Dr.) Solomon Adeola (APC, Ogun West), has called on all Christians and other Nigerians to use this year’s Christmas to celebrate and reaffirm their faith in Jesus Christ of Nazareth and pray for a continuously better Nigeria, as the many gains of the transformational Renewed Hope Agenda of the present administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu begins to manifest and is consolidated.
Senator Adeola, popularly called ‘YAYI’, in a Christmas message to felicitate his constituents and all Nigerians on the occasion of the 2025 Christmas, said the global event represents the celebration of the birth of a new dawn for the salvation of souls for all humanity, especially for the Christians, stressing that with the birth of Jesus Christ, mankind have a hope for a better future and salvation of their souls for eternity.
According to Yayi’s Christmas message contained in a statement signed by his Media Adviser, Chief Kayode Odunaro, “I want to urge all Christian faithful not to use the occasion of 2025 Christmas celebration for merry-making only, but use it as a period of sober reflection and supplication to God Almighty for a better, peaceful and prosperous future.
“The reforms of the Renewed Hope Agenda of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration have yielded some positive results in the strengthening and stabilising of the Naira, as well as the downward movement of the price of petrol and some basic food items.
“Remarkably, the inflation rate has plummeted from a high of about 38% in the early part of this year to 14.45% last month, with food inflation coming as low as 11.08%.
“I urge all Nigerians to see the season as another opportunity for fervent prayers for a new dawn and prosperous future for individuals and the Nigeria nation.”
While acknowledging that Nigerians in general are going through a difficult period of socio-economic downturn occasioned by many historical local and global factors, the Ogun West Senator urged all Nigerians to look forward to a better future of renewed hope, adding that with abiding faith in Jesus Christ, all our challenges will be a thing of the past with the restoration of desired economic growth, peace, security and poverty reduction.
