The First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, has urged Nigerians to work harder and remain committed to building a greater nation.
She gave the advice in Abuja on Wednesday in her message to citizens on the occasion of Nigeria’s 65th Independence Anniversary.
Quoting from Gebran Kalil Gebran’s 1925 essay The New Frontier, she said, ‘Are you a politician, asking what your country can do for you or a zealous one, asking what you can do for your country? If you are the first, then you are a parasite, if the second, then you are an oasis in a desert.’
The First Lady also referenced the Jan. 20, 1961 inaugural address of U.S. President John F. Kennedy, urging Nigerians to embrace virtue and service.
‘My Fellow Citizens, ask not what your country can do for you – Ask what you can do for your country.
‘My fellow citizens of the world, ask not what America will do for you but what together we can do for the freedom of Man.
‘Let us all play our part to build a Nigeria we all want to see. Your sacrifice will never be in vain,’ she said.