Nigeria’s Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo’s message to Nigerians on Saturday at events in Jos, Plateau State and Kuje, FCT, was that of unity of the country and hope.
He said despite the challenges the country currently faces, Nigerians should not lose hope as it remains a nation with great promises and a bright future.
Prof. Osinbajo, who has on different occasions affirmed his faith and firm belief in the country’s great future and immense potential of its people, restated this in Jos, Plateau State, where he was special guest at the Annual Thanksgiving Service of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) chapter in the State.
Also on Saturday afternoon, the Vice President attended the 2021 Annual Convention of the Kings Palace Church International in Kuje.
At Kuje, Osinbajo observed that the people are an example of Nigerian unity, with different strands of the community and faiths; including the Muslim traditional ruler of Kuje, the Gomo of Kuje (paramount ruler of Kuje), Alhaji Haruna Jibrin Tanko, gracing the anniversary of the church held at the Town hall.
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The Gomo welcomed the vice president and lauded the contributions of the church in the community.
Vice President Osinbajo commended the gathering in Kuje and noted that it was a show of unity.
Prof Osinbajo said: “we must be united. Our country is better and stronger as one than separate.
“Other countries are trying to be bigger. Nobody is trying to be smaller.
“We will not be smaller in the mighty name of Jesus. The Lord God Almighty will help us to grow in understanding, and to treat each other with fairness and with justice.”
Earlier in Jos, he urged Nigerians to speak positively about the country, to stir up faith among citizens in its future. And personally, the VP affirmed that he “is completely convinced that the future of our nation is very bright indeed.”
“This is a nation that God’s hand is laid upon… a nation with many great promises. We have so many expectations from God as He leads us by His Spirit,” he stated.
The Vice-President noted that despite the complexities of some national issues, “our God is the God of complex situations.
“He steps in when things get really complicated, He is not a man whose options are limited.
“He has no limits, no boundaries, no quotas, He is God; which is why from the very beginning of creation, He demonstrated that He is a God of the most complex and difficult situations.”
Giving an example with the story of creation in the Book of Genesis, he said, “Even at creation, there was confusion; the earth was without form, it was bleak, dark and void, there seemed to be hopelessness and despair. But in all the confusion, the same verse says that God was right there, the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.”
He noted that what happened next was that God spoke and transformed the situation.
“The word He spoke transformed the darkness, the insecurity, the fear, the conflicts, to light, peace and joy. He spoke, and the situation was transformed…. if we want our personal circumstances to change or we want our country to be at peace, and to prosper, we, the saints of God, must declare it. We must speak the reality we desire,” the VP stated.
Continuing on the importance of speaking positive words about the country and praying for its prosperity, the VP admonished that, “the people of God cannot speak like the people of the world (and say) ‘…the country is bad, this Nigeria is not working, this country will break up…’ that is death not life. We carry life, we carry liberty from evil and oppression.
“So, we will speak blessings unto our land, our communities and our families, we will use the blessings,” the Vice President affirmed, while urging Nigerians to have faith in the country’s rising, despite its challenges.
The VP also used the analogy of the biblical story of the valley of dry bones as “God’s metaphoric depiction of the helplessness and hopelessness of a nation; and God’s ability, just by the spoken words of a man, to bring back life and hope. God is there. Then He speaks, as He is doing now.”
Prof. Osinbajo urged church leaders to always speak the power and grace of God to the nation.
