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The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Christopher Musa, has called on Nigerians to have love for and confidence in Nigeria and fight together for its peace and progress.
Musa made the appeal yesterday, when he visited ailing personnel at the Defence Headquarters Hospital, Abuja, to mark Christmas and his birthday.
He urged all to exhibit love for the country, adding that running away is not a solution.
“We must stay and fight whatever challenge. Those countries they are running to stood back and fought and got to where they are. If they had run away, they would not have achieved that.”
He said it is a collective effort for Nigeria and all Nigerians should put hands together.
“We cannot do it alone. We need the support of everyone. When you see something, say something, report as quickly as possible, so that measures can be put in place adequately. We will continue to seek support from members of the public to take ownership of our challenges.
“Nigeria is our own. If Nigeria succeeds, we all succeed, if Nigeria fails, we all fail and we don’t want Nigeria to fail. So, I call on Nigerians to give us all the support,” he added.
Musa said the visit to the hospital was in tune with his leadership concept, which is people-centric. He said the outreach was to ensure that people, both the security agents and the citizens, felt the impact of love being shared, especially their healthcare.
He said it is always good, at this period of celebration, to come around and see how those in the hospital, who don’t have the ability to celebrate, are doing and to wish them well.
“It is for them to always know that we are always with them, we are praying with them, and we want them to recover, so that they can come back fully to life. We will continue to do that as we have been doing. So, this is just not a one off thing, it is something we do regularly,” he said.
The CDS donated hampers and cash gifts to all the patients in the hospital during the visit.
On arrival at the hospital wards, patients were heard singing birthday songs for the CDS, who later shared some words of encouragement with them before making the donations to them individually from bed to bed.
