The Vice President, Prof. Yemi
Osinbajo has reminded President Muhammadu Buhari of the goodness of God in his
(Buhari’s) life.
The Vice President also said that
Nigeria was on the threshold of greatness, stressing that the security and
religious challenges presently facing the country was an evidence that
something great was coming.
Osinbajo spoke when he led
residents of the FCT to President Muhammadu Buhari Sallah homage at the
Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Osinbajo said, “First let me
congratulate you on this very solemn occasion that marks the end of the
Ramadan.
“I want to say that God almighty
has been extremely good to you and to our government.
“I recall about two years ago
when I had to host this particular event because you were away on medical leave
at the time.
“But God has been so good, not
only did he bring you back healthier than when you left, but has also been
gracious enough for you to have a second opportunity to lead our great.
“I thank the almighty God for you
and for all of us who have been a part of your government and who have been a
part of what God has done in our midst.
“The period of the fast is always
a very good time because first of all, usually all of my friends who are
usually very badly behaved, behave themselves much better.
“I pray and hope that the good
behavior that they maintain during the fast will continue even for the next
four years and beyond because I think we all need that.
“Our country as it is today, is
at a threshold of greatness, you have said so many times.
“Any situation where something
great and something important is about to happen, usually you will have very
many and negative opposing voices that want to keep that thing from happening.
“I believe that our country is at
a threshold of the breakthrough that we have been praying for and hoping for
all these many years.
“And this is why many challenges
are going on. Challenges around security, religion, people who are stoking up
embers of religious and ethnic divisions and all that.
“But this gathering is one of
those gatherings that we are at liberty, political leadership, religious
leadership to demonstrate to our people that this country is a country of one
people, the Nigerian people.
“They may be different in their
faith, ethnicity but we are one people. We are one and united people.”
Osinbajo also lauded leaders that
attended the homage that had become a tradition during festive period, adding,
“we will come together, Christians, Muslims, and people of different faith to
demonstrate that this country is a united country.
“And that those who will want to
stoke up ambers or division we will not allow them to do so.
“So I want to urge all our
leaders here that we must not allow the rhetoric of religion to supersede the
rhetoric of unity. We must also speak up, we must seek ways that will unite our
country.
“We cannot keep quiet because
there are so many negative statements being made everyday and sometimes we
ignore those statements and say these are people who have no understanding.
“But if we allow these negative
statements to continue, then they will define our country and will define the
situation of our country.
“As I have said, our country is
destined for greatness and I pray that the almighty God will lead us to that
greatness.
“And as we move day by day
towards that greatness, those who want to bring us down that God almighty will
prevent them from doing so.”
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