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Osinbajo Speaks On Insecurity In Nigeria
- Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, has spoken about insecurity in Nigeria.
EKO HOT BLOG reports that Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, has assured Nigerians that kidnapping, banditry, and insecurity bedevilling the country would soon become things of the past as the country would soon triumph over them.
Osinbajo who likened Nigeria’s socio-economic problems to that of a woman in a labour room said after much pain, there will be a celebration by the people when they eventually overcome hardship.
The Vice President was represented by the Chaplain, Villa, Pastor Joseph Oluseyi Malomo, at a one-day Peace and Security summit organised by the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Kaduna chapter at ECWA Goodnews Church, Narayi, Kaduna on Tuesday.
Osinbajo said, “We all desired a nation devoid of any form of kidnapping and terrorism.
“We have heard prophecies of a shining Nigeria, we are longing for the day those prophecies will come to reality. We need to fight the fight of faith because God’s plans for the greatness of Nigeria have not changed, it will surely come. We need to pray for Nigeria.
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“Many are weighed down because of problems they are going through, we must as Christians keep the Altars of God burning with prayers to overcome these problems.
“We must keep the faith and see the problems we are going through as bread. God will take us to the promised land of a great nation with great value. We must reject the politics of identity and ethnicity. Nigeria is going to be a shining nation, and insecurity will soon end,” the Vice President stated.
According to Tribune, the lead keynote speaker, Middle Belt leader and Professor of Theology and social ethics, Prof Yusuf Turaki, alleged that government knows the kidnappers, bandits, and other criminal elements in Nigeria as well as paying them to the detriment of the nation’s security.
The speaker who spoke on the theme “Nigeria’s Insecurity: The church’s response in the 21st century” noted that violence has taken over the country to the extent that every segment of the society now speaks violence, adding, “Everybody is overwhelmed with violence.”
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