Mark, Okogie, Oshiomhole, others task Nigerians, officials on Yar'Adua's health, socio-economic woes

SENATE President David Mark has asked Christians to use the occasion of the celebration of Christmas tomorrow to renew their prayers for the quick recovery of President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua.

In a Christmas message to Nigerians, Mark also declared that the Senate would no longer tolerate excuses for poor implementation budgets in the 2010 fiscal year.

On their part, the Archbishop of Lagos Anthony Cardinal Okogie and two other prominent clerics, the Bishop of Lagos Diocese Church of Anglican Communion, the Most Revd. Dr. Ephraim Adebola Ademowo, and the General Overseer of The Redeemed Evangelical Mission (TREM), Dr. Mike Okonkwo, implored the Federal Government to tackle Nigeria's myriad of economic, political and social problems.