The Speaker of the Kwara StateHouse of Assembly, Mr Rasaq Atunwa, has charged Nigerians to always put national interest above parochial consideration for more development to be attained.

Atunwa gave the charge in IIorin on Tuesday in his new year message signed by his Special Assistant on Media, Alhaji AbdulRahman Sanni.

He said, “if all Nigerians puts national interest above personal interest, there is every tendency that more development will be attained.”

The Speaker noted that no meaningful development could be achieved in an atmosphere of rancour, hatred and acrimony. He therefore urged Nigerians regardless of religion background to see themselves as indivisible entity.

According to him, this was one of the means the nation can overcome challenges facing her. He advised politicians to eschew politics of bitterness and shun acts capable of derailing the democratic structures.

He similarly urged Nigerian leaders to always be sincere to their followers to restore confidence in them.