Popular Nigerian gospel singer, Chris Morgan, has urged Nigerians to embrace love and tolerance, irrespective of religious and tribal differences, to build a strong and peaceful nation.
He made the call in an interview on Sunday Night on the sidelines of the Easter concert he organized at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel Abuja.
According to him, Nigeria is a blessed nation that will attain greatness if citizens show genuine love, tolerance and sacrifice for one another.
He said that ``the reason people fight and kill each other is because they don’t love their neighbours as themselves.
He added that it was in the spirit of Easter that he put up the event tagged “Love and Laughter Concert.
He explained that the message of Easter was a message of love. God’s love for mankind that made him to send his son to died for us.
Morgan, therefore, called on Nigerians to be more committed in their contributions and service to fatherland.
He made reference to the Biblical account of king David, who as a teenager made an uncommon sacrifice of confronting Goliath to save Israel from oppression.
He said ``David, out of genuine love for his nation, came after a dreaded enemy to save his nation.
He also said that that he was already making plans to take the Love and Laughter Concert to other cities across Nigeria.
The gospel artistes and comedians who performed at the event included Solomon Lange, Enenche Enenche.
