It’s God’s will that we remain one and become the greatest black nation on earth- Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari Sunday said that it was the will of God that Nigeria remained one diverse nation and became the preeminent black nation in the world.

President Buhari made this position known in his address on the occasion of a special Eid-el-Kabir event hosted by his wife, Aisha Buhari, as part of the festivities.

He stated that what was required of every citizen was sacrifice so as to take the nation to the destiny designed by God.

Buhari, represented by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, at the gathering held at the Old Banquet Hall, Presidential Villa, Abuja, said the nation God had in mind while bringing all ethnic nationalities together was a diverse nation.

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According to him, “The significance of this celebration is the willingness of Abraham to make the great sacrifice ‎of possibly the dearest thing to him, his son Isaac.

“Obviously, anyone who knows anything at all about the kinds of things that…..it is a willingness to ‎make a great sacrifice. And Abraham was able to make that sacrifice.

“And he made it in order to be able to fulfill his own destiny and the destiny of his people.

“The message today is that our nation’s elites, Muslims, Christians and all ethnicities must recognize that we also must make sacrifices, the sacrifices that are necessary ‎to attain the destiny that God has brought unto our people.

“I am one of those who is extremely confident that our nation ‎will remain united because I am convinced that God’s plans and purpose for Nigeria is that we would be the preeminent black nation in the world.”

He expressed his optimism that the country would continue to demonstrate leadership in culture, in technology and in commerce which he stated was God’s investment in the black race.

He noted that, “This is why today for every … ‎four or five blacks, some people say one must be a Nigerian. That is not a mean attainment at all.

“That nation that God has in mind is a diverse nation. Diverse in resources, in ideas, in opinions.

“The kind of nation that we have, where there is an argument about something everywhere, before you get tired of that lone argument, another one arise and before you finish with that one there is yet another one.

“This is the type of country that God has ordained where we have diversity of opinions, diversity of ideas. People saying their own things here and there.

“But, He has also planned that this country will remain together, and that we will be a nation that is gifted just as we have the oil, the gas, and the most arable lands than most continents.

“This is a country that has all of what other countries will travel and spend money ‎looking for the sort of resources that we have. All of the tourism resources that we have people will travel everywhere looking for it.

“It is a nation of men and women so creative and prosperous. That we will feed the entire continent and create opportunities ‎for the world. All the different ethnic groups are important in that arrangement.

“On every ethnicity, incredible minds, brilliant and creative people doing all manner of things.

“Our energies and resources shouldn’t be spent again on debate about division. Our manifest destiny is to be a great nation, not to be a nation where we are talking about division.

“We must focus out time, our energies and our resources on being that great nation that God has called us to be.

“I think we have started building that country already.

“Despite all the noise that we hear, all that noise is part of the building. Everybody knows that you cannot have birth without noise. No woman delivers a baby without some noise and without some pains.

“What we are hearing today are the ‎noises and the pains of that great nation that God is about to give birth to”.

 

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