"Christmas Message" to Nigerian by President Goodluck Jonathan.

On Tuesday, Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan congratulated Nigerians, especially Christians, who celebrate Christmas.
Acting on President's behalf, Special
Adviser on Media and Publicity, Dr.
Reuben Abati said the President joined
Christians and all other Nigerians in giving
thanks to God whose grace and benevolence
has helped the nation to overcome the many challenges it has faced since last year. The annual commemoration of Jesus
Christ's birth is the most auspicious time for
Nigerians, as Jonathan said. Every
individual, and the whole nation rededicate
their lives to the virtues and ideals which the
Messiah preached and exemplified during his earthly ministry. "Let us all therefore resolve this Christmas
to make the ideals of peace, harmony,
tolerance, love and goodwill to all even more
manifest in our interactions with others. "It remains my sincere belief that no height
of human accomplishment is beyond us as a
nation, if we can overcome our differences,
such as they are, and forge a binding
national consensus to put the progress and
well-being of the country above all other considerations," the statement by the
President said. He promised to do everything within his
powers to ensure that participants at the
planned national conference make
significant contributions towards national
peace, unity and progress. The President expressed belief that the
conference would contribute to the
resolution of contentious issues currently
hindering the nation's progress.