He gave the advice in his remarks at the 2017 Eid al Adha lunch in Abuja.
The president was represented by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo.
He noted that the country was deliberately made by God to be diverse, adding that diversity was the strength of the nation.
“Our energy and resources should not be spent on debates about division of the country; we must focus our minds on what God wants us to be,” he said.
“We should build that nation that God wants us to build from the beginning.’’
Referring to the pains associated with child delivery, the president observed that “all that we are hearing today is the noise and pain of that country that God wants to give birth to.’’
He reaffirmed his belief in one indissoluble country, saying God had given the country enormous human and material resources to be great.
Buhari recalled that in spite of the successes recorded in degrading Boko Haram insurgency in the North-East Zone, pockets of opportunistic attacks were still being carried out by the terrorists.
He, however, said that such attacks were temporary.
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