“Fellow Nigerians,
I rejoice with you all, especially our Christian brothers and sisters, as we celebrate Easter.
For Christians all over the world, this celebration is in commemoration of the supreme sacrifice which Jesus Christ made for the salvation of mankind.
The Gospels also tell us that during his earthly ministry, Jesus Christ repeatedly urged his disciples and followers to “love one another as I have loved you”.
For Christians all over the world, this celebration is in commemoration of the supreme sacrifice which Jesus Christ made for the salvation of mankind.
The Gospels also tell us that during his earthly ministry, Jesus Christ repeatedly urged his disciples and followers to “love one another as I have loved you”.
As
we celebrate Easter this year, I sincerely believe that it will serve
our dear nation very well if we all imbibe this essential message of
Jesus Christ and truly learn to love our countrymen and women as we love
ourselves.
Indeed,
we will surely make faster progress towards the achievement of the
peaceful, united, strong, progressive and prosperous country we all
desire if, as a nation, we eschew all divisive, parochial, ethnic and
religious sentiments and rivalries, and begin to live more harmoniously
with our compatriots, as Jesus Christ and the founders of the world’s
other great religions enjoined mankind.
