Read What Buhari Tells Christians Ahead of Easter Celebration

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday said the scriptural emphasis of love has so much relevance for Nigerians today as a nation more than ever before.
He said if Nigerians adhere to the call for love, it will contribute to its peace and development.
This was part of the President’s message to Christians as they celebrate Easter.
“I urge us to increase our love for one another rather than hate, and show more patriotism, as this is the only country we have,” the president in a message personally signed by him.
While asking Christians to live out what he called “the eternal words of Jesus Christ on the cross: ‘‘Father, forgive them for they know not what they are doing,” he told them to celebrate this year’s Easter, which is the most significant festival in the Christian calendar.
The statement further noted, “This year’s celebration is very unique for adherents of the two great faiths in Nigeria. It culminates the 40-day season of Lent for Christians, where the faithful is expected to fast, pray, assist the poor, abhor injustice and strife, give alms, penitently engage in self-examination and repentance of sins.
“Similar values apply to the Muslim faithful, currently about half-way into the holy month of Ramadan.
“For us as a nation, the message of Easter, which commemorates the resurrection of Jesus Christ after crucifixion and burial, reminds us of the power of divine love, faith and redemption,” he added
He said Easter evokes in us the resilience of the human spirit not to give up in the face of seemingly daunting challenges of life.
He added, “This period emboldens us to believe that the current spate of uncertainty and insecurity will soon unfold a season of triumph of good over evil; hope over despair, and light over darkness.”