Fintiri Calls Adamawa to Action This Easter Season

Every Easter, the messages come. From governors, senators, local government chairmen, political figures of every rank and affiliation, each with a carefully worded paragraph about the season and its meaning. Most of them say the same things in different arrangements. Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri’s Easter message this year said something with a little more edge to it.

He did not just wish Christians a happy celebration. He asked them to do something with it.

In his goodwill message to Christians across Adamawa State, Governor Fintiri used the occasion of Easter to push a point that runs deeper than seasonal greetings. He called on residents to take what they carry in their hearts on Easter Sunday and bring it into their neighbourhoods, their workplaces, and their daily relationships with one another. Faith, he said, should not stay inside the church walls.

“And as we enter into this Easter Season, let us remember that it is a season for sacrificing ourselves, the same season that Jesus was sacrificed for the sake of our sins and peace. He died for our healing and not for destruction,” the Governor said.

That framing of sacrifice as an active and outward commitment, not merely a theological memory, ran through the entire message. Fintiri connected the suffering and resurrection of Jesus Christ to the lived experience of a state that has faced its own share of difficult seasons. His point was direct. If the resurrection means anything, it means that hardship does not have the final word. Adamawa has survived enough to know that.

He called on Christians specifically to extend a helping hand to those in need this Easter, pointing to the love demonstrated at the cross as the standard against which seasonal generosity should be measured. That kind of appeal, rooted in the specific language and imagery of the Christian faith, carried a warmth that spoke directly to its audience.

But the Governor’s message did not stop at religious reflection. He turned it outward into the civic space that concerns him equally.

He urged all residents, not just Christians, to continue building the unity and oneness that Adamawa needs to become a state its people are truly proud of. He described his vision in terms that were simple and human. A state where people forgive each other. That phrase, brief as it was, carried the kind of weight that a longer speech might struggle to achieve.

Fintiri also reflected on God’s role in Adamawa’s journey, encouraging residents to acknowledge the progress the state has made and the resilience it has shown in surviving difficult periods. Gratitude, he suggested, is not just a spiritual posture. It is a foundation for the kind of purposeful work that still lies ahead.

His call to translate faith and prayers into action was perhaps the most direct message of the afternoon. Religious belief, the Governor said, should be visible in how people live and treat one another, not confined to worship. The quality of a community’s faith, in his framing, is measured by the benefits that others experience from it.

He also issued a caution against division, urging citizens not to allow themselves to be misled or pulled apart. In a state as diverse as Adamawa, where the lines of faith and ethnicity can be made to matter more than they should, that warning carries practical significance.

The Governor closed by calling on citizens to take personal responsibility for their own development and to work toward self-reliance, while reaffirming his administration’s commitment to maintaining safety across the state and deploying the resources needed to sustain peace.

“May this Easter bring you blessings, peace and joy,” Governor Fintiri said.

{{GNA_PROTECT_0}} joins the Governor in extending warm Easter greetings to Christians across Adamawa State and Nigeria. May the season carry its full meaning into the days that follow it.