The Common Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has been challenged by a frontrunner of the Peoples Democratic Social gathering for saying that the issues in Nigeria are non secular.
Chief Sunny Onuesoke of Delta State refuted the pastor's declare.
Reacting to the cleric's declare, Onuesoke emphasised that “Prayers can’t clear up financial issues” within the nation.
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Onuesoke made the declare whereas talking to the media in Warri, Delta State.
Onuesoke, an environmentalist, added:“Solely a deliberate system with good governance can clear up the nation's financial issues.”
He emphasised that Nigeria wants political options and never prayers to emerge from the present issues.
The Delta PDP chief urged President Bola Tinubu to get up and raise Nigerians out of starvation, hyperinflation and poverty.
Onuesoke's response comes after human rights lawyer Malcom Omirhobo opposed the cleric over the identical problem.
The lawyer had identified that political leaders together with Tinubu and the governors had been elected to revive Nigeria and never depend on prayers for options.
“Tinubu and the governors are mandated to revive Nigeria, to not resort to prayers to interchange governance.”
Omirhobo admonished Adeboye to not mislead the general public by attributing Nigeria's challenges to non secular components.
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He argued that if prayers had been the answer, Adeboye's fasting and prayers would have already solved the nation's issues.
“Our nation's issues are rooted in political shortcomings, not non secular shortcomings. It’s time to face actuality and demand accountable governance, as an alternative of utilizing prayers as a panacea.” stated the lawyer.
It will be recalled that Adeboye, who was acquired by Governor Uba Sani of Kaduna State on Sunday, had urged Nigerians to resort to fasting and prayers, stressing the necessity for non secular intervention to deal with the financial disaster of the sort out the nation.
He stated , “It has grow to be more and more clear to us that the issue going through our nation is extra than simply political. Our issues would require some non secular answer.
“Then we realized that when you may have issues past human capability to unravel, you enchantment to the Almighty. The explanation we name Him Almighty is as a result of He has the ability to unravel all issues.”
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