VP, Yemi Osinbajo says a good father leaves the value of integrity to his children

The Nigeria’s Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo

Sunday, the 21st June 2015 was Father’s Day all over the world. The Nigeria’s Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo used the opportunity created by the event to advise that fathers should leave values of integrity to their children.

He spoke on Sunday at the occasion of the Father‘s Day celebration at the Aso Villa Chapel in Abuja that what a good father should leave for his children is not money but values of the Lord Jesus Christ, stressing that these values are integrity and forthrightness.

He said what the nation needs now is people whose ‘‘yes is yes’’ and ‘‘no is no’’ and the people of honesty, noting that this is the kind of value that the children can benefit from.

Prof. Osinbajo also said that “the scripture says we will be a great nation”, and it signifies that “we exemplify our conduct for our children to inherit”. “The nation needs people who can exemplify values not riches. Many people can preach and say anything but what the nation needs now is the exemplification of those things” the VP said.

While emphasizing on the values a father should bequeath his children as in the Holy Bible in Proverbs he gave the definition of father as any male above the age of eighteen (18) years, saying “every man is a father whether you have a child or not. Fatherhood is not just the ability to procreate but leadership as a man and this is the most important”.

Father’s Day all over the world is a day set aside to celebrate, appreciate and eulogize fathers and the roles they play in our individual lives, while encouraging them to work harder to make sure that they bring up children whose lives would represent the qualities expected of role models in their environments.

The Vice President wished fathers in Nigeria a happy celebration time and asked that they all live up to their callings as fathers.