Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says the Nigerian elites must unite to make a great difference for the country. According to him, Nigeria’s future lies in the elites’ hands.

In a statement by his media aide Laolu Akande on Thursday, Mr Osinbajo said, “But it is to this elite that the future of this country has been entrusted. It is what this elite does that will make a difference in the lives of the rest of the nation.”

The vice-president added, “I think that the church has a great responsibility; indeed, Christ said that we are the salt of the earth, the light of the world. The first point of call is how the faith itself responds to the problems of the country; how does Christianity, how does the gospel respond to the problems of the society?”

Mr Osinbajo explained that “once the religious elite accept that people can do whatever they like, enrich themselves in whatever way they wish, then it becomes the culture of society, and everybody accepts it as such.”

He thanked the Methodist Church for its prayers for peaceful coexistence in Nigeria.

The vice president prayed that the archbishop’s tenure would greatly benefit the people of Abuja and the country at large.

(NAN)