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| Yemi Osinbajo |
The acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, again on Sunday told
those behind the agitations for secession in parts of the country to perish the
thought, saying Nigeria’s unity is not negotiable.
Osinbajo stated this while receiving members of the Muslim
community in Abuja and its environs who paid him the Sallah homage, to mark the
2017 Eid-el-Fitr at his official residence, Aguda House, inside the
Presidential Villa, Abuja.
He said Nigerians must work hard to ensure that “the country
remains united so that its citizens could enjoy the benefits of a united nation
together.”
“Our unity is not negotiable. We should make sure that we
remain united in order to enjoy the resources God has blessed Nigeria with. So
many nations envy what we have as a nation,” Osinbajo told his guests.
He urged Nigerians to join hands with the present
administration to ensure that the government takes proper care of the people.
He said the government was not interested in citizens’
ethnic backgrounds, adding that government’s concern was to administer the
nation’s resources in a manner that would benefit majority of the people.
He added, “Your ethnicity does not matter and that is why
for us, unity is so important that we must work together to make sure that our
country is able to take care of the millions of people we govern.
“God expects us to take care of the poor and those
suffering, to ensure that we use government resources only in such a way that
will be for the the good of the majority of our people.”
While praying for President Muhammadu Buhari’s quick
recovery, Osinbajo expressed the belief that the President, who is currently
receiving medical attention in London, United Kingdom, would return to the
country in good health.
He was confident that Buhari would complete his term in good
health.
“We are praying everyday and we know that the Lord God
Almighty ‘who we serve’ will bring our President back in good health and that
he will serve this nation with the same determination and the same spirit of
oneness, the same spirit that he has always served this nation with from when
he was a young man.
“He will serve this nation and complete the period of his
service in good health, in good shape and our country will be the better for
it,” he stated.
Earlier, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory,
Mohammed Bello, had said paying sallah homage was customary as a mark of
respect for the President.
Bello thanked security agencies, religious and traditional
rulers in the FCT for playing a great role in sustaining the peace being
enjoyed in Nigeria’s capital city.
He said the kind of harmonious relationship they had
exhibited needed to be replicated in the 36 states of Nigeria.
The acting Imam of Abuja National Mosque, Mohammad Adamu, and the Chairman of the Christian
Association of Nigeria, FCT Chapter, Revd. Samson Jonah, delivered goodwill
messages and prayed for the quick recovery of the President during the visit.
Other members of the delegation included the Chief Justice
of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen; acting Chairman of the Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission, Mr. Ibrahim Magu; the Director General of the
Department of State Services, Lawal
Daura; some members of the Federal Executive Council and some presidential
aides.
News Credit: PUNCH.NG
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