| Eid-el-Kabir:
Make sacrifice your watchword
From LUCKY NWANKWERE, Abuja
Friday, November 27, 2009
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Sun News Publishing
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As Nigerian muslims join their counterparts all over the world
to celebrate Eid-el-Kabir, Vice President Goodluck Jonathan has
admonished all Nigerians to let obedience and sacrifice be their
watchword all the time.
In a goodwill message to muslims in the country, he urged all muslims
to emulate Prophet Ibrahim whose life epitomised obedience and sacrifice
as attested to by his willingness to sacrifice his son as an act
of obedience to the Almighty.
Identifying willingness to sacrifice as one of the greatest challenges
facing the country, he called on the people to join hands with government
to forge a new Nigeria where peace and progress would reign supreme.
“As Hajj ends, and we mark Eid el Kabir, let us remember the
faithfulness of Prophet Ibrahim and learn as a people and a nation.
For one of the greatest challenges of our nation today is the willingness
to sacrifice. This Eid, we must deliberately determine to forge
a new nation. Our country now more than ever before needs people
who would stand up and be counted on the side of progress. We must
seek creative ways to move our nation forward in the comity of nations.
“This is the way to go. Every modern nation must deliberately
forge the bonds of unity by consensus, and determine the way forward
by aggregating all dimensions of its nationhood into that critical
mass with a thumbs up for progress. This administration remains
committed to leading Nigeria to a safe berth as an economic and
political force of reckon across the globe. We are committed to
this vision, and will not be swayed from it, no matter the obstacles”,
he further enjoined.
He said President Umaru Yar’Adua’s administration had
already led the way through its reform programme and strict adherence
to the rule of law in place of arbitrariness and consensus building
instead of an iron fist.
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