The General Superintendent, Deeper Christian Life
Ministry, Pastor William Kumuyi has charged the president-elect,
Muhammadu Buhari, to tackle corruption and insurgency as he promised.
Kumuyi,
who spoke at the National Easter Retreat of the church held at Km 42,
Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, said the church would back the new president up
with prayers to be able to deliver on his promise to fight corruption
and insurgency.
“Nigeria has been plagued by so many
difficulties and problems. Like I said, we have been praying. The church
has been praying and God has been answering our prayers. We will
continue praying for the incoming president so that God will grant him
wisdom to handle the affairs of this country from May 29, 2015,” he
said.
Kumuyi said President Goodluck Jonathan, no
doubt, had an assignment that God wanted him to fulfil, which he had
fulfilled, adding that the President-elect, also, has a specific
assignment from God.
“So, the prayers of the church is
that the President-elect will know what God wants him to do for Nigeria
so that he will be able to face the responsibilities and carry them out
so that at the end of his tenure, we will be able to say, of a truth,
this is God’s handiwork. The church will continue to pray for the
President and the President-elect,” said Kumuyi, who was represented at a
news conference by the church’s Secretary, Pastor Jerry Asemota.
Kumuyi
said as the nation celebrated Easter to signify the death of and
resurrection of Christ and the peace he brought to mankind, so also had
Jonathan sacrificed his position for peace to reign after losing the
election.
According to him, in the recent past, Nigeria had gone
through an election that made people apprehensive and troubled, with
many people relocating while some were intending to relocate because of
what they thought would be the outcome.
“We are
grateful to God. The children of God have been praying, even though we
did not know what would be the outcome. But the result is what we see
today. We have peace. We had wonderful elections and the outcome of the
elections did not result in burning of houses and killing of innocent
people. The nation is at peace with itself. So, we really thank God for
what He has done for us as a nation.
“Even our
international counterparts never expected that things would go this way.
Our God is an all-knowing God. He knows where He is taking us to and
even though each of us has his/her own thought, the Bible says God knows
the end from the beginning. All the things that gave us fear and
anxiety, He knew how to quell them. So, the election came and the
election has gone. We heard the result.
“The
pronouncement of President Goodluck Jonathan conceding defeat to Gen.
Buhari is significant and gets to be written in the book of records, not
just in Nigeria, but in the whole world. As you can see, many people
have been sending goodwill messages to Nigeria, appreciating what
President Jonathan did. This is the first time a sitting president, who
conceded defeat, has acknowledged that defeat and congratulated his
opponent,” he stated.
Kumuyi added that if such a thing
had happened in other countries, “we just say maybe it is the evolution
of democracy. But in a country like ours, we know the background we are
coming from. We have a situation where elections were held and people
took it like do-or-die affair. So, it is a significant leap for us as a
country. Not only that, the transition from one democratic dispensation
to another one will be smooth because we do not have acrimony and
infighting in the country. So, we really thank God. This peace we are
talking about is occasioned by the sacrifice of an individual who
decided he would not go another step by saying he would go to tribunal
and fight his rights.”
He said any leader, who would
lead a nation must be able to sacrifice as sacrifice and love were very
important, adding that “somebody can make sacrifice without nothing. But
when you have sacrifice and love or sacrifice occasioned by love, it
becomes something else. So, we wish him well and the nation expects so
much from him. He will also see how to get things done to lead this
country.”
Culled from: pmnewsnigeria
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