President Goodluck Jonathan’s Easter Message To The Nation

Fellow citizens,

I greet you all, especially our
Christian brothers and sisters,  as we
celebrate Easter in commemoration of  the
resurrection of our Lord, Jesus Christ.

For Christians all over the world,
the major lessons of Easter, which we celebrate this year in the midst of
general elections in our nation, are to be found in the Messiah’s Divine love
and glorious self-sacrifice for the redemption of mankind.

This year’s celebration of Easter
is taking place at a period of very critical national choices and decisions,
during which we must all be prepared and willing to make sacrifices for greater
unity, peace, political stability and progress in our beloved country.

We must therefore seize the
opportunity of the Easter holiday to reflect deeply on what more we need to do
as a people, to ensure that the political process in which we are currently
engaged is successfully concluded and that our beloved country, Nigeria continues
to move towards a better future for all of its citizens.

Happily, we have already
successfully scaled the hurdle of the Presidential and National Assembly
Elections.  I am quite hopeful that the
Gubernatorial and State Assembly elections will also be conducted peacefully.

To the glory and pride of our
fatherland, our collective actions since March 28 have assured the world that
the democratic spirit is alive and well in our nation. 

By the grace of God, our beloved
nation, Nigeria is moving forward despite all challenges.

Let us all pray this Easter, that
God Almighty who has brought us this far, will continue to bless our nation as
we  march onward towards the fulfillment
of our collective vision of a truly united, strong and prosperous nation.

I wish you all very happy Easter
celebrations.

Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, GCFR

President,

Federal Republic of Nigeria

April 4, 2015