Femi Adesina who is the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity has said that Nigerians who fail to pray for the security of the country might be guilty of prolonging the war and insecurity recorded across different parts of the country.
Adesina said
this in an article titled, ‘The Decent for the Indecent, the Just for the
Unjust’ written to mark the 2021 Armed Forces Remembrance Day.
The article
in part reads…….
“But victory
is from God alone. That is what we must realise as Nigerians. Do we ever pray
for our troops in the frontlines? Do we remember those youths, our pride, and
strength, faced by death daily, as we sleep in the comfort of our homes,
ensconced in the tender bosom of our wives.
As we pray;
God give me money. Give me a car. Give me a promotion. Kill my enemies. Do it
now. Do we ever remember our soldiers? Ere you left your room this morning, did
you think to pray…did you pray for our soldiers? Victory comes from God alone.
If you don’t pray, you may be guilty of prolonging the war in North-East,
North-west, North-central, and all over Nigeria.
Yes, victory
is from God alone. But do some people know? Does it ever enter into their
consciousness? They only wail: ‘this insurgency war has lasted too long. The
banditry has demystified our military. They are cowards. The top guns don’t
even want the battle to end.
They are
making money in billions.’ Okay. Making money in billions and wasting our
soldiers, our youths, our future and hope, in their hundreds and thousands
because of blood money. That is all some people see; permanent cynics and
sceptics, who know nothing of altruism, and whose God is their belly. They
think only of pecuniary gain, nothing else''
Adesina said
Nigerians should seize the opportunity of the Armed forces remembrance day to
celebrate the military and not castigate them.
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