Armed Forces Day: Nigeria Stronger Together – Osinbajo
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said that Nigerians must come together to hold the country’s unity despite religious and political differences.
Osinbajo made the call while speaking at the Interdenominational Church Service for the 2021 Armed Forces Remembrance Day Celebration.
The VP who was represented by SGF Boss Mustapha said Nigerians “must at every opportunity insist that every great multi-ethnic and multi-religious nation has, through thick and thin, fought to realize the great dividends of diversity and pluralism.”
He advised Nigerians to honour the effort of the country’s heroes by showing commitment to the country’s unity.
“The struggle to ensure a perfect federation is a lifelong enterprise to which each generation must resolutely commit,” he said.
He said the members of the armed forces who lay down their life for the country embody ultimate patriotism.
The vice president added, “It’s to the memories of these heroes and heroines that we pledge in the words of our National anthem: that ‘the labours of our heroes’ past shall never be in vain’.
“That promise that their blood, spilt on the field of battle, will not be wasted, is the burden that we, the living, bear. And it’s an onerous one indeed.”
