THE General Overseer of Charismatic Renewal Ministries, Dr C
Ikechukwu, spoke at 2018 special independence service and prayers for Nigeria and political leaders held at the National Christian Centre, on Sunday in Abuja.
Ikechukwu, who is the Convener of The Change we NEED Nigeria Initiative, the organiser of the event, noted that all aspects of the country requires prayer since the Nigeria has failed in all indices of nationhood.
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He warned that Nigerians should be wary of those who would want to bribe their ways into the office come 2019, adding only people with the fear of God should be voted into power in the next general elections.
He noted that the nation’s economy is in shambles noting that a nation with a shaky economy is doomed while also urging Nigerians to pray for the salvation of the country.
He lamented that nations of great resources were doing very great while Nigeria with everything has continued to crawl because of poor management of the nation’s resources by successive administrations.
“Do you know that we import fuel to drive our cars in the country when Nigeria is the 6th largest oil producing country in the World. Why is our refineries not working, so we need prayers in economy.
“We need prayers in politics. Our politics is very crude, it is politics of money. Politics that lacks ideology, so we need prayers to get the political system right.
On 2019 general elections, the Cleric said Nigerians should be united in ensuring that only leaders who are patriotic and have the interest of the nation at heart were elected to various offices.
He said there was the need for Nigerians to elect the next President with compassion and nuances to manage the nation’s economy as well as the diversity, which is supposed to be the strength of Nigeria.
He called on Churches to convert their available spaces to schools, saying education remains key to effective socio-economic development of the country.
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