Nigeria @ 64: Let Us Be Optimistic Of Prosperous Future—Governor Oborevwori

<h4>Nigeria &commat; 64&colon; Let Us Be Optimistic Of Prosperous Future&&num;8212&semi;Governor Oborevwori<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that Delta State Governor&comma; Rt&period; Hon&period; Sheriff Oborevwori&comma; has urged Nigerians to remain optimistic and not be overwhelmed by the present economic challenges bedeviling the nation&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Rather&comma; he urged them to remain positive&comma; noting that tough times don&&num;8217&semi;t last&comma; but tough people do by effectively surmounting challenges facing them&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Governor Oborevwori made the call at an inter-denominational thanksgiving service held on Sunday&comma; at the Cathedral Church of St&period; Peters&comma; Asaba&comma; to mark the country&&num;8217&semi;s 64th Independence Anniversary&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Governor&comma; who paid glowing tributes to the founding fathers of the country&comma; urged Nigerians to remain hopeful and united&comma; adding that a new phase of prosperity&comma; peace&comma; unity and progress would soon envelop the country&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Oborevwori said&colon; &&num;8220&semi;It goes without saying that there is hunger and despair in the land because of the high cost of living caused by inflation&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;There are not enough words to describe the pain and suffering many people are going through because of the ongoing fiscal and economic reforms&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;However&comma; I want to say that these&comma; too&comma; shall come to pass&period; Every problem has an expiry date and this will not be an exception&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;So&comma; I urge Deltans and residents in the state to refuse to give up&period; Tough times never last but tough people do&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;The situation we are in calls for creativity&comma; innovation&comma; determination&comma; patience&comma; and resilience on the part of everybody &&num;8211&semi; the leaders and the governed&period; These are the qualities we need to stay afloat in a turbulent economy&comma; and overcome the challenges facing us&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;We should never stop praying for Nigeria&comma; no matter the situation&comma; because God&&num;8217&semi;s will is for us to pray and we must also match our prayers with the right confession&period; We can pray right but if we speak wrongly&comma; we nullify our prayers&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;We should&comma; therefore&comma; stop speaking negatively about our country&period; We should use our mouths to pray for the peace&comma; unity and development of our country&period; Decision determines destiny&period; Once we make up our minds to speak positively about our country&comma; we will be surprised by the results&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>While reacting to the Bishop&&num;8217&semi;s commendation on ensuring quality projects delivery in the state&comma; Governor Oborevwori said&semi; &&num;8220&semi;we have carefully listened to our Bishop and he said something about the quality of jobs&semi; they know that I am ready for those who are not ready to do the right job&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;If you are given a job&comma; you are well paid and paid as and when due and you do a substandard job&comma; Sheriff will not take it&period; They know I will not take it&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He stressed&comma; &&num;8220&semi;my Lord&comma; it will interest you to know that last week&comma; I called a meeting of Head of Service&comma; Permanent Secretaries&comma; Directors and Heads of MDAs&semi; where I told them that there is nothing they need that I have not done&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;A state that has a work force of over 55&comma;0000 and they are paid as and when due&comma; yet&comma; contractors will be given jobs and Site Engineers will go and take sub-jobs to go and do a job they are supervising&period; You see the challenges we are facing&quest;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;The problems we face are not just from the contractors but also from the Site Engineers who issue certificates for jobs that are not properly done&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;If you do your job well as a Civil Servant&comma; and as a Site Engineer&comma; you inspect your job very well&comma; the contractors can&&num;8217&semi;t get certificates for jobs not properly done&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Oborevwori pleaded&comma; &&num;8220&semi;I urge the House of Assembly members to do their oversight work&period; Very soon&comma; I am going to get a hotline where I will be getting direct information from the public&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;I have also told the Accountant -General and the Commissioner for Finance that I want to be paying the workers of this state on or before the 26th of every month&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Earlier&comma; the Bishop of Asaba&comma; Anglican Communion&comma; Rt&period; Rev&&num;8217&semi;d Kingsley Obuh&comma; had&comma; in a sermon titled &&num;8220&semi;In all things&comma; give thanks&&num;8221&semi;&comma; said it was difficult to give thanks in the current situation of the country&comma; but urged Nigerians not to be discouraged&comma; and instead&comma; give thanks to God because &&num;8220&semi;it is the will of God for all men&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;