ATIKU BEGS NIGERIANS, SEE WHY INSIDE...
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| Alhaji Atiku Abubakar. |
Former Vice President, Alhaji
Atiku Abubakar, is worried over the spate of insecurity in the country and the
attendant calls for the dismemberment of Nigeria.
The presidential candidate
of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP at the 2019 presidential elections has therefore
appealed to Nigerians to sheath their swords over allegations of marginalization,
socio-injustice, call for secession by the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB.
He noted that ‘God made us
Nigerians for a purpose’. In addition, Atiku admonished Nigerians to sacrifice
for the country, noting that the feast of Eid al-Adha was a reminder for all Nigerians
to make sacrifices for the betterment of humanity.
“Sacrifice to God for the good
of others is the spirit of Eid al-Adha. During Eid al-Adha, we honour the
submission of the Patriarch, Prophet Ibrahim to the wish of Almighty Allah to
sacrifice his son. This feast is, therefore, a reminder for all of us to make
sacrifices for the betterment of humanity. There are happenings across the
globe, that tell us that the world is in dire need of love and peace.
“Our dear fatherland,
Nigeria is currently at a crossroads. Tensions strew our nation and never have
we been in dire need of love for our neighbour as today. Thus, my message to
the nation as we celebrate Eid al-Adha is that we all have to sacrifice for the
good of Nigeria. Everybody cannot sacrifice everything for Nigeria, but
everyone can sacrifice something for her to move forward from the place of
anger, bitterness, distrust and disunity.
“I urge all Nigerians of
faith to remember that God made us all Nigerians for a purpose. If He wanted
to, God could have made us into many distinct nations. But in His wisdom, He
made us all into one corporate, indivisible country. We must accept that we are
not wiser than our Creator. Therefore, let us perish every thought of dividing
Nigeria and focus our energies on reviving our fatherland. We should be willing
to sacrifice for future generations of Nigerians who will not even be around to
thank us. In my opinion, the first sacrifice we have to implement is to make Nigeria
an equitable society where justice flourishes.
Every cry of marginalisation will be silenced when the aggrieved see that there is national assimilation. Let us remember that Prophet Ibrahim left an inheritance and that is the cause of the celebration today. If we profess the faith of Ibrahim, we must likewise sacrificially manage our economy in a way that serves not just the present elite’s interests, but the interest of successive future generations.
Every cry of marginalisation will be silenced when the aggrieved see that there is national assimilation. Let us remember that Prophet Ibrahim left an inheritance and that is the cause of the celebration today. If we profess the faith of Ibrahim, we must likewise sacrificially manage our economy in a way that serves not just the present elite’s interests, but the interest of successive future generations.
“Most importantly, at a
leadership level, we ought to make sacrifices, the most immediate being to
ensure that the fundamental rights of citizenry is respected and not repressed.
I wish all Nigerians a happy Eid al-Adha. I wish I could be in every Nigerian
home to share my Sallah feast with you and your families, but as that is not
possible, permit me to send my love into all homes in this country to wish you
the best today, tomorrow and forever.”
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