By VINCENT UJUMADU

AWKA — GOVERNOR Peter Obi of Anambra State, has said that Independence Day called for celebration for many reasons, including the fact that Nigeria had remained a united country, in spite of obvious challenges.

He spoke yesterday at Ekwueme Square, Awka, shortly after taking salute at the march past to mark the occasion.

He urged Nigerians to continue to promote areas of common interest that would contribute to the greatness of the country.

The governor also called for more dedication towards the building of a Nigeria that would be a better place for posterity and condemned the spate of bombing across the country, reminding the people that greatness was not built upon such recklessness and rascality.

He told the people of Anambra State that the celebration was an opportunity for him as a person to re-dedicate himself to their service, assuring them that there would be no rest for him for the remaining part of his tenure.

His words: “May I take this opportunity to call on contactors handling various road jobs in the state that were affected by the rainy season, to get set to go back to their various sites as the rains are gradually abetting. We will not tolerate indolence or any act that will delay us in delivering those things we commenced recently for our people.

“I have said it many times that money is not our problem because through prudence and management of available resources, we have been able to save enough money to see various on-going projeccts through.

“Even when we are recruiting, we made sure we will leave enough money to pay for them for one year in the bank and for various Internet subscriptions and things like that, we made sure we subscribed till 2015 so that the person coming in will not be encumbered”.