- The presidency has called on Nigerian clerics to keep praying for the nation as it approaches the 2019 elections
- Presidential aide, Femi Adesina, said people are getting desperate to carry out their "evil desires"
- He said with prayers of spiritual fathers, it will be well with Nigeria
As the 2019 election draws near, the presidency has called for the spiritual support of respectable clergy, saying the country needs it at this time.
Religious leaders were urged to keep on praying for the unity, peace and prosperity of the nation, especially for the 2019 elections.
The special adviser to the president on media and publicity, Femi Adesina, said politicians are becoming desperate to achieve ill-motivated desires, Daily Trust reports.
He said this at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Friday, April 6, while receiving pastors of the Gospel Faith Mission International led by the deputy general overseer of the Mission, Pastor Emmanuel Oluwayemi.
The pastors pledged to give spiritual support to Nigeria, and to President Muhammadu Buhari. Photo Credit: Femi Adesina Facebook
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“As we approach the election year, please continue to pray that all will be well with our country. People are getting desperate to ensure that their desires, often ill-motivated, are actualised.
"But by the prayers of spiritual fathers like you, it will be well with the country,” the presidential spokesman said.
Adesina noted that God is the ultimate solution to all challenges, adding that no man has the solution to happenings around him.
He expressed gratitude to the Gospel Faith Mission International for choosing to offer spiritual support to the federal government.
The presidency once again reiterated President Muhammadu Buhari's statement that he is not a religious bigot and can never be one.
The team came from the Gospel Faith Mission International, led by the deputy general overseer, Pastor (Dr) Emmanuel Oluwayemi, and his wife, Deaconness Blessing. Photo Credit: Femi Adesina Facebook
Speaking earlier, Oluwayemi had said the church and the nation had a lot to do together, especially at a time like this, when tension was high in the country.
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According to him, the role of the church is to advise and pray for leaders of the country as commanded by God in the scriptures.
Acknowledging the role of religious leaders as co-builders in Nigeria, he gave assurance that the Gospel Faith Mission International would continue to support the government and not heat up the polity.
In an earlier report by NAIJ.com, the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) dissociated itself from a group of northern clergy who visited President Muhammadu Buhari recently.
The group which described itself as Arewa Pastors Peace Initiative, Nigeria (APPIN), visited the president on Thursday, April 5, at the presidential villa, Abuja. They pledged their support to the president and said those accusing his administration of nursing an Islamisation agenda were opposition elements trying to destabilise the government.
In a statement sent to journalists on Friday, April 6, CAN President, Rev Dr Samson Olasupo Ayokunle, media aide, Pastor Adebayo Oladeji, urged the members of APPIN to produce a list of clergymen on payroll of the opposition party.
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Source: Naija.ng
