The Senior Pastor of Deeper Christian Life Ministry, Pastor William
Kumuyi has charged the president-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, to tackle corruption
and insurgency as he promised.
Pastor 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 earlier on,
we the church has been praying and God have 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.
Pastor Kumuyi said President Goodluck Jonathan, had an assignment
that God wanted him to fulfil, which he had fulfilled, adding that the
President-elect Gen. Buhari, also has a specific assignment from God.
“So, the prayer 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.
Pastor Kumuyi said as the nation celebrated Easter to signify the
death of and resurrection of Jesus Christ and the peace he brought to mankind,
so also had President Jonathan sacrificed his position for peace to reign after
losing the election.
According to Pastor Kumuyi, 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 of the elections.
“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 had wonderful elections and the outcome of the elections did
not result in burning of houses and killing of innocent people, there’s peace
in the land. So, we really thank God for what He has done for us as a nation.
“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 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.
Pastor 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.”
Pastor Kumuyi also added that 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
congratulate and wish him well and the nation expects so much from him. He will
also see how to get things done to lead this country.”
Source: #PM News
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