VP Osinbajo asks Nigerians not to speak badly about their country

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BY MUHAMMAD M. ALI, NOVEMBER 1, 2021 | 12:50 PM


Professor Yemi Osinbajo, Vice President of Nigeria has called on his countrymen to speak good about their country all the times.

The vice president made the call Saturday in Kuje, Abuja where he was a special guest at the 2021 Annual Convention of the Kings Palace Church International, a statement by Laolu Akande, special assistant to the vice president said.

‘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 said at the gathering.

He explained that speaking good about the country is necessary for her development, urging the citizens to have faith in her, despite its challenges.

‘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.

‘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… 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

‘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,’ he added.

The vice president commended the people of Kuje, stressing that they are an example of Nigerian unity, with different strands of the community and faiths.

He singled out the Muslim traditional ruler of Kuje, the Gomo of Kuje (paramount ruler of Kuje), Alhaji Haruna Jibrin Tanko, and commended him for gracing the anniversary of the church held at the town hall.

He told the gathering that is it only with this kind of unity that Nigerians can surmount challenges of their country.

He gave an example with the story of creation in the Book of Genesis, where he noted that there was confusion at first but God in his power intervened and brought ease.

‘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.

‘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,’ he explained.

The vice president was also in Jos, Plateau State, same day where he was a special guest at the Annual Thanksgiving Service of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) chapter in the State.

At the thanksgiving, he told the gathering that: ‘we, who are the sons of God, priests, must speak the power and grace of God to our nation; (we must speak the power and grace) to fear, to insurgency, to banditry. And the church must not fear, we are the ecclesia, the called-out ones, a people of promise. We are indestructible...The word of God now reminds us that the glory of the latter temple shall be greater than the former.’


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