Buhari to Nigerians: I won’t fail you, don’t lose faith in my administration
President Muhammadu Buhari has assured
his government will deliver on its promised
change.
In his Easter Message Saturday, the president
thanked Nigerians for being patient with his
government in its first 10 turbulent months in
office.
The president’s full text:
EASTER MESSAGE TO THE NATION
FROM PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU
BUHARI
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 orgies 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
his government will deliver on its promised
change.
In his Easter Message Saturday, the president
thanked Nigerians for being patient with his
government in its first 10 turbulent months in
office.
The president’s full text:
EASTER MESSAGE TO THE NATION
FROM PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU
BUHARI
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 orgies 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
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