'New Nigeria’ll Emerge From Current Challenges' - VP, Osinbajo
Osinbajo said a new Nigeria was in the making, but it is currently clouded by travails which will certainly give way to a glorious and bright new morn of a new nation.
Joy Kalu 
The Vice President of Nigeria, Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, has stated that a new nation is in the making, adding that it is currently being covered by the clouds.
The Vice President emphasized the need for collective prayers, faith, hope and action, adding that Nigeria would prevail over the challenges of today.
According to a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Laolu Akande, the Vice President spoke on Friday while attending the national prayer breakfast in Abuja.
According to Osinbajo, “the new nation is birthing already. It is covered by a cloud, but the cloud will pass, and God Almighty will take all of the glory for the birthing of a new nation.”
He also noted that the theme of the Prayer breakfast, the “Birth of a New Nation”, was significant, especially in these times.
“But we know that every time that a nation where the lives of the children of God is challenged, it is God’s call to His people to take action. It is an opportunity for God to demonstrate that He is God over the nations, that He is the creator of the heavens and the earth, that He knows the beginning from the end.
“But God also wants us to know that He has ordained us to speak to life.
“The Scripture has consistently shown us that children of God are central to the birth of a new nation, the rebirth of nations. They must desire change, cry to God, be ready to make the sacrifice of repentance.
“As we are the salt, we are also the light, the light ends the darkness; it marks the end of the night of weeping and marks the glorious sunlight of the morning of joy. So, the pouring of the salt into the source of the water, the source of the problem, is the prophetic act we perform today.”
Referencing the Bible in 2 Kings 2:19-22, the Vice President said, “we, the salt, are also poured today by prayer and prophecy, to the source of our nation’s problems.
“And as we pray and prophesy, a new nation will be birthed; one where, like the city to which Elisha went, the land was healed, the people prospered and peace and joy prevailed.
He said this at a time the country is going through a severe economic downturn, loss of jobs and livelihoods; and is climbing out of the recession.
Nigeria is also being faced with an unprecedented scale of insecurity, in different zones of the nation.
