President Muhammadu Buhari has sent a Christmas message to Christians in Nigeria, as they join fellow believers all over the world to celebrate the season.
Buhari said Christmas is a special period that brings peoples of the world together with one purpose; to celebrate togetherness, joy, peace and above all, to share love with one another through exchange of goodwill and gifts.
He said, “For the second Christmas running, the world will not be able to celebrate as we used to in years past.
“The Covid-19 pandemic, with its attendant debilitating impact, has remained with mankind, mutating and leaving in its wake devastating consequences on the economy, social interaction, and curtailing certain freedoms.
” The silver lining, however is that humanity has been able to rise up with one voice and purpose, to confront the foisted conditions.
“I want to use this opportunity to appeal to our dear citizens to embrace vaccination, which is the best scientifically known bulwark against the pandemic”.
On Security, the President said despite the remarkable successes generally recorded, there were still some challenges, adding that the security forces, bolstered by necessary support from his adminstration, daily confront the wicked ones, who continue to threaten the peace of the land.
“I am confident that with the renewed commitment and empowerment of our committed security personnel, all these issues which inflict pain and trauma on us will soon be history”, he said.
