Bishop on the Niger, Anglican Communion, Anambra State, the Rt Rev Dr Owen Nwokolo, has described 2025 as a year of Great Expectations for Nigeria but appealled on the Federal and South East State Governments to make haste to save Easterners from insecurity in the region.
He hailed Nigerians for their resilience in overcoming various challenges of 2024 and advised them to prepare themselves awash with Great Expectations in 2025.
The bishop had, however, while making the appeal on Tuesday, December 31, 2024 in Onitsha in his 2025 New Year Message to Nigerians regretted that insecurity was becoming an intractable phenomenon in the South East.
He consequently enjoined the Federal and South Eastern State Governments to join forces towards containing what he called unacceptable menace of insecurity of lives and property in South Eastern region.
Nwokolo had also while declaring 2025 a year of Great Expectations, explained that the manifestation of any expected good change in 2025 depended on positive actions of Nigerians.
According to Bishop Nwokolo, for Nigeria and her citizens to experience the Great Expectations borne of positive attitudes in the New Year, they should consciously cultivate clear vision, design quality planning and place absolute trust in God.
The bishop said: “We, in fact, declare this year, the year of hope; the year of Great Expectations. And as the New Year usually comes with new expectations, new lifestyles, new visions, new insights as well as with new plannings, our call on Nigerians, therefore, is for everyone to begin now to plan.
“As the year is still fresh, this is the time for everyone to begin to plan for this year, 2025. Remember that planning helps to put things in clearer perspective.”
