2015: Obasanjo Calls For Fasting And Praying For Nigeria
Category: Nigerian National News
As Nigeria gears up for another round of general elections come 2015,
ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo Tuesday said leaders are pre-ordained by
God.
The former president also tasked Christians on the need to keep “fasting
and praying” for God to see the country through its sundry challenges.
Speaking at his hilltop mansion in Abeokuta, Ogun State when the
leadership of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) led by its
national president, Rev. (Dr) Felix Omobude, paid him a courtesy visit,
Obasanjo expressed confidence that despite the challenges confronting
the country, God would see Nigerians through.
Obasanjo said early in his life as a military man, he had seen the
country pass through many turbulent eras and just when everyone had
given up hope, God in his benevolence made the country overcome its ups
and down.
He said Nigeria is “God’s project” and only divine power has kept her
as one indivisible entity despite the experience of war among other
challenging problems bedeviling her.
Obasanjo said: “If there is anything that I would ask of you, it is
that you should never stop fasting and praying for Nigeria I always say
that I’m an incurable optimist about this country.
“In my short span of life, I have seen a few unexpected things in
this country when we thought that the end would just happen, but God
made us to scale through.
“I personally never thought we would have a leader like (late Sanni)
Abacha in this country, I was a victim (of his despotism) but God saw us
through that situation.
“There is no situation we see or worry about that God will not see us
through. That is my believe and that is what gives me confidence, it
gives me courage, it gives me the ability to work for the country’s
unity.
“No matter what is happening, as me and the country, all will be
well. And those of you who believe all will be well for Nigeria should
continue to shout Hallelujah. God has done it for us.”
In his remarks, Omobude, who was on a two-day visit to Ogun,
described Obasanjo as a ‘special treasure to Nigeria”, who would
continue to be a reference point in the affairs of the country.
The PFN leader assured that the body will not fail in its calling to
pray for the peace, unity and progress of Nigeria, adding that one of
the major duties of clerics was to pray for the leaders of their
countries.
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