Vice President Yemi Osinbajo alongside Boss Mustapha,
Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Deputy Senate President, Ovie
Omo-Agege graced the End of Year Thanksgiving Service held at the Aso Villa
Chapel on Sunday in Abuja.
Speaking at the event, Osinbajo predicted a blissful future
for Nigeria, adding that God will bless and prosper the country in the coming
year.
He said: “My message is found in the Scriptures, Psalm 65:
11; it tells us that God is going to crown the end of this year with his
goodness and with his abundance and he will give us the fatness of the land.
“So, I believe very strongly that God will bless and prosper this land not just
at the end of this year but the coming year will be even more glorious year; a
much more wonderful year for all of us in Jesus Mighty name.’’
The vice president in his prayer earlier in the service,
thanked God for his goodness for the nation and prayed him to accept the praise
and worship of Nigerians.
On his part, Mr Boss Mustapha, Secretary to the Government of
the Federation advised people all over the world to have an attitude of
gratitude to God.
“In every situation; that is the injunction of the Bible; we
must give thanks to God even in bad things and good things. “The heart of
gratitude is always very pleasing to God; your appreciation for the little
things that happen in your life.
“Looking back, we just have about 31 days to the end of the year;
you will see how God has taken us from Jan. 1 to this present moment. “So many
people have not been able to see this day but as a result of God’s mercies and
grace, we have seen this day.
“For Nigeria being one
country today, we ought to grateful to God; we have our share of challenges;
insecurity in different forms and facets but God has sustained us and we are
getting through the woods.
“I am confident that the same God that has kept and preserved
us as a nation, will see us through these challenges and take us out of the
word to the trajectory of growth and sustainable development,’’ he said.
More so, the Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege, said
that Nigerians should be thankful to God that the nation remained united in
spite of all of the odds and challenges it had faced.
Gideon Goroki, representing Guyuk Shelleng Federal
Constituency in Adamawa State also spoke with State House correspondents. He
said that the service was an opportunity to thank God for he had done for
Nigeria.
“Seeing through all the difficult times of insecurity;
gradually, we are coming out of it. `My message to Christians across the globe
is that we should continue to worship this God that is always faithful to us,’’
he said.
Speaking, Pastor Seyi Malomo, Chaplain, Aso Villa Chapel,
said Nigerians had had cause to give thanks all the time. According to him, the
Bible says it is good to give thanks to God in all circumstances.
“The Bible says that this is the doing of the Lord and it is
marvelous in our eyes; this is a wonderful year; we went through elections; the
tribunal, everything went well; and we saw victory.
“The vice president
survived a crash in February; like we reflected in the message, God is a God of
advanced knowledge; he knows about Nigeria.
“So, we have to thank him because he knows this nation; he
cares for this nation and he is showing compassion to this nation; we have
every cause to give thanks,’’ he said. The service featured praise and worship,
ministrations, songs and prayer sessions.
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