Don’t set Nigeria on fire during campaigns, nonagenarian cleric urges politicians

nigeria mapAs 2019 electioneering kick off, spiritual leader of the Cherubim and Seraphim Movement Church worldwide, Reverend Samuel Abidoye, has warned Nigerian politicians to avoid politics of bitterness to avoid setting the country on fire.

In his message at the 78th International conference/convention of the church in OrileIgbon, along Ilorin/Ogbomoso expressway at the weekend, the nonagenarian cleric reminded politicians to play the game according to rules stipulated by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

“Vying for elective position, be it at the national, state and local government levels should not be a do or die affair. In fact, the campaign should be issue based and not on personalities so as to avoid setting the country on fire rather than preaching the gospel of unity, tolerance and understanding.

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“We have witnessed use of political thugs during campaigns across the country in the past and recent times and this should be discouraged because these jobless youth turned into thugs used by these politicians will definitely graduate into all forms of criminals and give innocent Nigerians sleepless nights shortly after the general elections.

“Any political party or politician seen to be engaging these political thugs during the campaigns should be seriously sanctioned and the thugs arrested and prosecuted under the laws of the land to serve as deterrent to others.

“Though the Federal government has taken steps towards alleviating the sufferings of people of the country, much still have to be done to put smiles on the faces of most Nigerians and this can be done by providing gainful employment for jobless Nigerians especially the youth, provide quality and accessible education to all Nigerians, reinvigorate the economy and empower the women.

Government should realise that embarking on gigantic projects of different kind without putting food on the tables of Nigerians will be meaningless because hungry people can never see clearly  or even appreciate any type of project provided for them while in abject poverty.