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“𝙇𝙚𝙩 𝙪𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙨𝙚𝙚𝙠 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙐𝘿𝘾 𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙬𝙚𝙧 𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘽𝘾𝙋 𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙬𝙚𝙧, 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙬𝙚𝙧”
When responding to President Boko’s inaugural State of the Nation address in 2024, I pledged that the BCP as the official opposition, will adopt a bipartisan approach to key national issues that demand national consensus. In the life of every nation, there will always be moments when the nation needs to look beyond its political colour differences and hold hands to advance the nations interests.
One such moment is the threat posed by the possible spread of the Foot and Mouth Cattle Disease. Our national herd is under threat from a disease that lingers along our porous border line with two of our neighbours (Zimbabwe and South Africa).
The other week, BCP MPs travelled to the villages along the boarder line with South Africa to gain first hand experience of the situation on the ground and urge farmers to maintain high vigilance. Last week we joined the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee responsible for Agriculture and visited the FMD Command Centre. We salute the dedication of the men and women working around the clock to keep the enemy at bay!
One of the strongest advocates for politics that transcend partisan labels was John F. Kennedy and he captured the sentiment well when he said, “𝘼𝙢𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙣𝙨 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙨𝙚𝙚𝙠 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙍𝙚𝙥𝙪𝙗𝙡𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙬𝙚𝙧 𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘿𝙚𝙢𝙤𝙘𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙘 𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙬𝙚𝙧, 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙬𝙚𝙧.” This is the case with FMD, the nation is looking for the right answer to the crisis we face, not a UDC or BCP answer.
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