While speaking on Sunday at the occasion of the Father‘s Day celebration at the Aso Villa Chapel in Abuja, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, advised that a good father should leave the value of integrity to his children.
According to a statement issued by Mfon Udott, Senior Special Adviser Media and Publicity, the Vice President of Nigeria, Osinbajo stated that what a good father should leave for his children is not money but values of the Lord Jesus Christ.
He stressed that these values are integrity and forthrightness.
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.
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”
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”.
