The President, Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor,
has urged politicians to avoid actions and utterances capable of overheating the
polity ahead of the 2015 elections.
Oritsejafor who was in Plateau State yesterday, said the activities of some
politicians were not in the best interest of the country.
He spoke to journalists after an interdenominational service cautioning that
nothing should be done to rock the boat of democracy.
He said: “I am not impressed with the way politicians are going about their
activities; politicians are giving a lot of Nigerians sleepless nights because
they are heating up the polity. I find this unnecessary because 2015 is far from
here, yet politicians are behaving as if 2015 is next month. I will advise
politicians to stop distracting current leaders from doing their jobs.
“Politicians should be very careful not to make the nation ungovernable.
Politicians should realize that if power is about the people, they should calm
down and allow the people to take the lead in the activities. They should not
create problems for citizens due to their selfish ambitions.”.
Delivering a sermon earlier during the service held at the Assemblies of God
Church, Hwolshe, he blamed the country’s woes on the lack of the fear of God
among the leaders and citizens of the country and urged Christians to continue
to pray for the country.
He said : “I have taken a critical look at the entire problems facing Nigeria
as a nation in this 21st century and I have discovered that the major problem of
the country is that we don’t fear God. We do all sorts of things deliberately
and carelessly because we don’t fear God. We say one thing and do the opposite.
We lie, we deceive people and do all kinds of things because we don’t fear
God.
”Those in position of authority will steal from public fund and we try to
justify stealing because there is no fear of God in our hearts. We kill at the
slightest provocation and we try to justify the killing of human beings because
we fear not the Almighty God.
“How can a man that fears God sit down comfortably to watch pensioners slump
and die of hunger when you are sitting on billions of fund meant for the upkeep
of these pensioners?
“Yet we try to justify our actions. It is this lack of fear of God that makes
a man of 50 years and above to marry a girl of 13 years. Yet we bring all sorts
of reasons to justify our actions. All these are signs that we lack the fear of
God in our hearts.”
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