Acting
President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has assured that the Muhammadu Buhari
administration would do everything possible to sustain the unity among
Nigerians.
This would
give room for more development and enhance welfare of the people, he said.
He gave the
assurance when he received the Muslim community in Abuja and environs that paid
him Sallah homage, to mark the 2017 Eid-el-Fitr, at his official residence,
Aguda House.
“Your
ethnicity doesn’t 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 good of the majority of our people,” Osinbajo who received the
delegation on behalf of President Buhari, said.
He re-echoed
President Buhari’s sallah message to citizens, saying that the country must
remain united.
“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,” he said.
Osinbajo
used the opportunity to pray for Buhari’s quick recovery and return to Nigeria.
“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 serve this nation 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.
Speaking
Earlier, leader of the delegation and Minister of the Federal Capital
Territory, Mohammed Bello, said paying sallah homage was customary as a mark of
respect for the president.
He 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 have exhibited needed to be replicated
across the 36 states.
There were
goodwill messages from the acting Imam of Abuja National Mosque, Mohammad Kabir
Adamu and the Chairman of the Christian Association off Nigeria (CAN), FCT
Chapter, Reverend Samson Jonah, who both prayed for the quick recovery of
President Buhari.
The clerics
commended the acting president for guiding the country so well in the absence
of his principal.
Present at
the event were the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen,
legislators and members of the Federal executive Council.
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