Ifeanyi Okowa, governor of Delta and vice-presidential
candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has advised the Christian
Association of Nigeria (CAN) to avoid divisive politics.
He said this on Friday at a meeting with representatives of
the south-south chapter of the association, led by Israel Ege, an archbishop.
He advised CAN to avoid issues capable of dividing the Christian
community in Nigeria, and also urged the religious leaders to remain prayerful
for God’s intervention over the country’s affairs.
“It is my prayer that the church will continue to lead us in
prayers and we need to be a little cautious as a church,” he said.
“I am saying this
because from the conversations I am beginning to hear, I want to be sure that
the church will not because of politics divide itself.
“The church in itself must be very prayerful that the will
of God be done in 2023. We may have our individual preferences, but we must be
cautious about the unity of the church.
“Although we are traumatised as Christians, we must be
careful not to, because of that trauma, take decisions that may not actually be
the will of God.
“There is no doubt
that we are very challenged as a nation and it appears that all hope is lost,
particularly to the younger ones. But I am one person that believes that all
hope is not lost.
“Whatever thing that we have seen in the last seven years, I
believe that God has allowed it for a purpose. I believe that there are lessons
to be learnt.
“As at today, there is so much insecurity; Most Nigerians
don’t even know how huge these challenges are. With the things going on now in
the education sector, it’s not what anyone will wish for. We need to be very
prayerful.
“The church must stay very prayerful and it’s a time for us
as a nation to unite and find peace.”
The Delta governor also spoke on the need for state police
to effectively tackle security challenges.
“My principal, the presidential candidate of the PDP, Alhaji
Atiku Abubakar, has always said it’s not possible to police this nation with
the federal government police only,” he said.
“It is not because of the situation of today, but because of
the peculiarities of this nation. We need to devolve power and resources to the
states to ensure that they can run their own police force.”
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