Ekiti state governor Ayodele Fayose has urged clerics across Nigeria to pray for the survival of the country.
Fayose made the call while receiving Rt. Rev. Michael Akinwale, the Secretary of Conference, Methodist Church Nigeria, at the government house in Ado-Ekiti on Monday, March 6.
Governor Fayose sitting with Rev. Akinwale in the Government House on Monday, March 6
Lere Olayinka, the governor’s aide on new media, said in a statement late on Monday that Fayose also urged the clerics to speak out against the killings of Christians and faithful of other religions in the northeast of the country.
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The statement read in part:
“Ekiti State governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose has challenged the clergymen across the country to continue to pray for the survival of the nation.
Fayose kneeling before Reverend Akinwale for some prayers.
“Mr Fayose said men of God must speak up against the mass killing of both Christian and Non-Christian faithful that is currently going on in the Northern part of the country.
“He noted that the country need prayers now than ever before in order to get out of the current economic recession and to live as one united country where everyone could live to their potentials.
“Earlier, the Secretary Methodist Conference Nigeria Rt. Rev. Michael Akinwale who is a son of the soil, said he decided to visit the governor in order to identify with his laudable programmes.
“The clergyman described Mr Fayose as a visionary and people oriented leader, a grassroot man who has been divinely appointed by God to speak up against oppression and tyranny at a like this.
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“Rt. Rev. Akinwale encouraged Fayose to continue with the good works and the defence his people, he prayed for God’s wisdom and strength for the the governor.
“The clergyman who presented some gifts including the Holy Bible, the church Calendar & Diary urged the governor to continue to work for the survival of democracy in Nigeria.”
Fayose has shocked Nigerians with the revelation that former President Olusegun forced him and others to donate N10 million each to his presidential library.
Fayose asked the former president to refund his own part of the donation for the construction of the library that was commissioned recently as part of the activities to mark Obasanjo’s 80th birthday.
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