Rochas Okorocha urges Church leaders to pray for Nigeria

The Imo State Governor and Chairman of All Progressives
Congress, APC, Governors’ Forum, Chief Rochas Okorocha,
has urged all Christian leaders in the country to throw their
weight behind the anti-corruption crusade and policies of
President Mohammadu Buhari.
Okorocha made the appeal when he played host to the
national leadership of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria,
PFN, led by its National President, Rev. Dr. Felix Omobude, at
the Government House, Owerri.
He said:
“Church leaders and leaders of religious groups like the
Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, should play a leading role
in the fight against corruption in the country and should
therefore back Mr. President in his effort to fight the monster
called corruption”.
He also called on the visiting PFN leaders build Pentecostal
University of Nigeria in the state and promised to give them
a piece of land and the sum of N100 million take off grant,
any time they are ready to start the project.
“It is unfortunate that the past government succeeded in
dividing the nation along ethnic and religious lines.  And that
creates the impression that any time a Christian is a
president, the Muslims will feel humiliated and vice-versa.  I
urge all the Christians and non-Northerners to see this
government as their own, and be part of it. We must support
it and benefit from it because all Nigerians are meant to
benefit from the administration”, Okorocha said.
It was the Governor’s considered opinion that “the  nation is
passing through a difficult moment occasioned by bad
management of the resources of Nigeria”, stressing that
Christians did not just pray to get a government in power,
they should also pray to sustain the government and ensure
that the nation enjoys good leadership.
In his speech, the PFN boss, Rev. Dr. Felix Omobude, said
the body would work closely with the government at all levels
for the good of the nation and Nigerians as a people,
advising that the federal government should begin to
address some of the excesses that have held this country
down.
Rev. Omobude explained that “for Nigeria to become the
strong nation, we should all begin to build strong families,
and also build bridges of unity and ensure values.
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