Vice President, Prof. Yemi
Osinbajo has advised Nigerians to save the energy and resources wasted on
debates about division of the country.
The Vice President said Nigeria
in its diversity is the kind of country God has ordained.
Osinbajo said this when he
represented President Muhammadu Buhari at the 2017 Eid Al-Adha Lunch held
inside the Presidential Villa , Abuja on Sunday.
Osinbajo said, “That nation that
God has in mind is a diverse nation; diverse in resources, in ideas and in
opinions.
“The kind of nation that we have,
where there is an argument about something everywhere. Before you get tired of
that lone argument, another one arises and before you finish with that one,
there is yet another one.
“This is the type of country that
God has ordained; where we have diversity of opinions and ideas- people saying
their own things here and there.
“But God has also planned that
this country will remain together, and that we will be a nation that is gifted
just as we have the oil, the gas, and the most arable lands than most
continents.
“This is a country that has all
of what other countries will travel and spend money looking for the sort of
resources that we have. All of the tourism resources that we have, people will
travel everywhere looking for them.
“It is a nation of men and women
so creative and prosperous that we will feed the entire continent and create
opportunities for the world.
“All the different ethnic groups
are important in that arrangement. On every ethnicity, incredible minds,
brilliant and creative people doing all manner of things.
“Our energies and resources
should not be spent again on debate about division. Our manifest destiny is to
be a great nation, not to be a nation where we are talking about division.
“We must focus our time energies
and resources on being that great nation that God has called us to be. I think
we have started building that country already.”
Save the trouble for another generation to grapple with in their own time?
ReplyDeleteNigeria’s unity is a curse. It needs to be broken by breaking and dividing it.
ReplyDeleteOSIBANJO keep on deceiving yourself
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