‘TOGETHER’
The Address Delivered by the National President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), His Eminence Rev. Olasupo A. Ayokunle (PhD) on the Diamond Celebration of Nigeria, today 1st October, 2020
The President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria,
Members of the Federal Executive Council,
Distinguished Members of the Upper & Lower Chambers,
Brethren in the Lord,
Gentlemen of the Press,
Fellow Nigerians,
Nigeria is sixty (60) today! Sixty years since we attained Independence from the claws of the colonial masters. Sixty years since we have been living together as one united and indivisible entity. Sixty years that our forefathers decided to take their destiny into their own hands. If it has not been the Lord who was on our side, now what may Israel say? (Psalm 124). No doubt, the journey has been both pleasant and intriguing. Pleasant because the inherited city of bricks is gradually becoming a nation of Gold. It has been intriguing because we have TOGETHER encountered difficulties which challenged our collective unity. While some have been gracefully surmounted, others have constituted themselves into a dismal.