Nation building is one of the highest callings known to mankind. It is the sacred duty of a people to frame society around values that embrace righteousness, protect human dignity and build enduring prosperity for posterity. 

Our story as a nation is still being written. However, history warns us of paths which destroy. Instead, she points us toward the patterns that build. History does not repeat itself. It is repeated only by men who refuse to learn. 

Nigeria, and indeed Africa stand in need of their own reformation, the kind which transformed Europe and North America in the 16th century and beyond. That reformation laid the foundations of productivity, responsibility and nationhood. So must we also embrace ours in this time under God.

The All-Wise God has always depended on His human family to forge nations. And in every generation, He calls His people to engage in this sacred task.

Like Nehemiah summoned, we too must arise together and build. It is our time to dream again. It is our time to build with courage, with conviction and with creativity.  It is our time to build with human dignity under the hand of The Almighty God.

For the sake of our children, their posterity and for the future of our land, this moment demands that we rise as one and build that which will endure.