Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, has called on Nigerians to stop complaining and sounding like the biblical Israelites at the Red Sea, amid violent killings and abductions across the country, under President Muhammadu Buhari’s watch.
The Vice President stated that God would make Nigeria an “oasis of peace, security, and prosperity”, in Africa and beyond.
He said: “We must not sound like the children of Israel, fearful before Goliath, petrified and complaining at the Red Sea, as Pharaoh and his hostile hosts approached.”
According to the Spokesman of the Vice President, Laolu Akande, he spoke at the ongoing 108th Annual Convention of the Nigerian Baptist Convention, in Lagos.
Vice President Osinbajo said: “There is a promise of God for this nation, that this nation will prosper, that this nation will be the epicentre of the astounding economic and scientific developments of the 21st century.
“That we will create here in Nigeria, an oasis of peace, security, and prosperity, such as has never been seen before on this continent and beyond.
“This is the promise of God. But today, the clouds are overcast. The promise seems impossible, as it was with the children of Israel after leaving Egypt on the way to the promised land.
“The journey to the promise of God for Nigeria is going through storms and adversity, but the end will be better than the beginning; weeping may endure for the night, but joy comes in the morning.
“I am completely convinced that nobody, no group, no ideology, can defeat the promise of God for the greatness of Nigeria. I see it clearly. I know it like my own face.”
