“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”.
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.
Our unfortunate notoriety in recent years as a country
where the blood of men, women and children are
wantonly and callously shed in frequent SinParties of
criminal, political, ethnic and religious violence has
become very embarrassing and utterly unacceptable.
My administration is determined to achieve greater
peace and security across our nation by ending the
avoidable conflicts and crises that hinder our national
progress.
I ask for greater support from all Nigerians in this
regard. We must put a stop to politically motivated
killings. Our communities must be made safe again for
all inhabitants to live together in peace and harmony.
Our armed forces, police and other security agencies
are being progressively reformed, repositioned and
empowered to win the war against terrorism and make
mass killings, abductions and other criminal atrocities
things of the past in our beloved country.
Let us all also play our parts as patriotic citizens and do
all that we can to ensure that we make Nigeria a safer,
more peaceful and happier place for its people and
others.
Faith, belief and the fulfilment of expectations are also
key themes of the Easter celebration. I urge you all
therefore, to continue to have faith in the future
greatness of our country and to believe that the
CHANGE my administration promised will surely come
to fruition.
That CHANGE, which we all yearn for, will certainly
occur more rapidly if we all place the love of our country
above selfish personal and group interests.
The National Assembly has just passed the 2016
budget. I assure all Nigerians that we will do our utmost
best to ensure that the budget, the first since my
election as President, is efficiently and successfully
implemented towards achieving our objective of faster
economic growth and development.
I thank the vast majority of Nigerians for their patience
and understanding in the first ten months of this
administration.
As we go forward, I assure you all that we are working
very hard to overcome the challenges we encountered
on assumption of office.
We are moving on with an unshaken resolve and
determination to deliver on the mandate you gave us on
March 28, last year.
I wish you all very happy Easter celebrations.”
Muhammadu Buhari
March 26, 2016
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