President Goodluck Jonathan in Abuja on Sunday urged Nigerians not to relent but to continue to pray for the peace, stability and unity of Nigeria.
Jonathan made the call at the enthronement of the Most Rev. Oche Job, as the Methodist Archbishop of Abuja Diocese.
Job succeeded Most Rev. Chimaroke Iweha, who retired in November 2013.
Represented by Prof. Chinedu Nebo, the Minister of Power, Jonathan noted that the situation in the country would have gone worse were it not for payers.
“We should continue to serve God in our nation. We need to continue to cry out (pray) to him; if we have not been doing that it will be much worse.
“Even though things don’t seem to be the best, it will have been worse if we are not crying out and telling people not to do the wrong thing,’’ he said.
The Senate President, Sen. David Mark, who read the first lesson at the service, also called on Nigerians to be faithful and continue to pray for the nation.
“All the faiths have stake in this country. Faith can do so much for us; if we have faith and believe in God sincerely, this country will make progress.
“There is no country that can make progress if the people in that country do not have faith irrespective of religion,’’ Mark said.
He urged both Christians and Muslims to live in harmony and work together for the progress and stability of the country.
Earlier, the Prelate of the church, His Eminence, Dr Samuel Uche, called on government at various levels to provide for the welfare of the citizenry.
“In any nation, there is what we called intangibles, honesty, integrity, transparency, high morality that makes a country stable; these are what the church provides.
“The government provides the tangibles like the roads, water supply, energy, employment, ensure there is security and make sure that citizenry are well cared for.
“In other words, the church takes care of the soul and spirit, while the government takes care of the physical needs of the people,’’ he said.
Uche urged Nigerians to do things that would sustain the unity of the nation, adding that remaining together would make the nation stronger and viable.
In a remark, Job advised the people to shun selfishness, negative political ambition, tribalism, among other vices.
“We should pray for good and love one another and things will get better on daily basis,’’ he said.
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ReplyDeleteYes oo! In fact, we are not ceasing in prayers cz you have to leave by fire by thunder! We need a change, I don't mind anybody from PDP or from south south but you! Tufiaka! Not again! We ve had enough under u.
ReplyDeleteWe u came to power u made a lot of promise on power, employment etc but now there's nothing to show for it instead corruption and impunity are been propagated in your regime.
We ve had a lot of the first lady(madam peace) o in fact who are we to pray for? The president madam peace or you(GEJ) the assistance president?
We will not relent in prayer for all our bad leaders who are getting more richer while poor are getting more poorer for God to judge them for us.
ReplyDeleteThe president has spoken, heed to his words. Many of us will be surprised to know that GEJ meant well for this nation just that bad politicians are making mockery of his administration and have hijacked d media against the govt. Thank God d prophecy from T.B Joshua, let's watch and see mean while let's continue to pray.
ReplyDeleteOnly the fools take to prayer where they are to work
ReplyDeleteYes we should be praying while you're busy messing up the country, thank God that His time to bring judgement to all of you has come. He will visit each and everyone of you according to your works. For all the lives of innocent young men and women, the elderly, infants you've put at risk or ruined directly or indirectly, you will not Ho unpunished. Tell you hippopotamus to pray and fast so she can at least look like a human being even after all the fat blast, tummy tuck and liposuction she's had, nothing for her. Ode president. Mtcheeeeeeew
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