The Christ Apostolic Church Worldwide has called on
President Goodluck Jonathan and other politicians jostling
for the Presidency in 2015, to sacrifice their ambition in
the interest of peace and national unity.
President of the church, Pastor Abraham Akinosun, said
this at the church’s 2013 Pastors’ Conference on
Thursday at the Babalola International Miracle Camp at
Ikeji-Arakeji, Osun State.
He said, “Let the message be communicated to all
politicians who seek the good of Nigeria, forget 2015, let
fresh blood who are less controversial
come to power. Let us try fresh and unknown hands in
the art of governance.
“What our theme is saying to all politicians who genuinely
love Nigeria and
who genuinely desire its peace and prosperity is that
they should sacrifice
their ambition for the sake of peace of this nation.
“If for the purpose of saving mankind, God did not spare
His own begotten Son, He expects us all as individuals and
groups to drop what is most precious to us in order to
allow peace, safety and happiness of others.”
Akinosun noted that the drumbeats of war over the
2015 ambition of President Jonathan by some northern
elements and the Niger Delta ex- militants were
unnecessary.
He said politicians had left undone what they should be
doing, saying that “from the moment they got to power
they left governance for politicking.”
The pastor, however, clarified that Jonathan could only
contest for The
Presidency in 2015 if he was certain that God wanted
him to remain in power.
He said if his ambition would plunge the country into
crisis, then he should choose the option of sacrificing his
ambition.
The church also used the conference, with the theme,
Evangelism: The Heartbeat of God, to call on the striking
Academic Staff Union of Universities to call off the strike
in the interest of Nigerian students.
Akinosun said although the strike might have a good
cause, the damage it was doing to the education sector
was colossal.
He said, “If they call off the strike it is not because they
are weak, or that they have failed, it will be because
they love the children and they are making sacrifice for
their future.”
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