The Speaker, Lagos State House of Assembly, Mr Mudashiru Obasa, on Friday felicitated Christians at Easter, urging them to show love to one another.
This is contained in Obasa’s Easter message to christains in Lagos.
The Speaker said love, spread among neighbours, would help to put Nigeria in an enviable position among the comity of nations.
Obasa noted that Easter symbolised divine love of God for mankind through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, celebrated by Christians all over the world.
The speaker said: “It is love that propels peace. It is love that makes leaders want to act right; it is love that helps the followers to live in unity.
“Even Jesus noted that loving your neighbour is one of the most important commandments of God.
“It is love that will help us build faith in our country and grow it further from where it currently stands. With love, there can’t be cases of man’s inhumanity to man.
“Just as Easter allows us to understand the importance of love and forgiveness, I want to urge Nigerians to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus with reflect on His virtues and the lessons He left behind.”
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He promised that the Lagos Assembly would continued to promote peaceful co-existence among residents by passing pro-people laws, motions and resolutions. (NAN)
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