By Edet Ikotidem
Towards the 2023 presidential election in Nigeria, Christians have been urged to be part of the process to elect people of proven integrity to govern the nation.
The State Coordinator of Big-Tent, Akwa Ibom State, Comrade King Akpabio, made the call in an Advocacy Meeting with some church leaders in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital, towards the February Presidential Election in Nigeria, where the Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party is expected to be elected.
Comrade Akpabio decried the situation where Christians tend to stay off political activities allowing some section of the society to decide who rules Nigeria.
The Akwa Ibom State Big-Tent Coordinator stated that he was canvassing the support of the church to ensure Peter Obi is elected in the forthcoming presidential elections and noted that the population of Christians in the country has enough votes to decide what they want.
He said Nigeria cannot be in the hands of Muslims who want an Islamic State, and that any attempt for Christians to stay off the election will spell doom for Nigerians while noting Nigeria needs a man like Peter Obi who will revive the Nation.
The leader of the Big Tent in the State said it is only Peter Obi that will be able to stop the leakages in the nation’s economy adding that the healing of the nation should start from the head.
Comrade Akpabio said if the president is not answerable to the citizens, it will lead to corruption and requested for prayers from the church to ensure Peter Obi emerges as the president after the elections.
The head of the Directorate of Politics and Governance, The Redeemed Christian Church of God, Deacon Peter Inyang said with over 58,000 Regional Members of the Church in Akwa Ibom State, victory was sure for Peter Obi.
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He told the Big-Tent Coordinator in the company of other members of the organization that plans have already been concluded by the Church to ensure every polling unit in the State has its members to monitor the polls and actively participate to ensure the right thing is done.
Deacon Inyang said enough awareness has been carried out by the Church’s Political Wing in every part of the State where the church is.
The Regional Pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Idris Umar, hinted that the Church will continue to be on its knees for the right thing to be done in the 2023 election in Nigeria.
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Pastor Umar who praised the initiative of Big-Tent towards the election said only the will of God will be an acceptable standard and encouraged Big-Tent to continue in this drive towards free and fair elections in the country while promising to lend sustainable support for the elections to succeed.
On his part, Pastor Sylvanus Ukafia who heads Insight Bible Church told Big-Tent in his office that the body of Christ will not fail the nation at the forthcoming elections.
While urging all and sundry to get their PVCs ready to take their decision in the coming election, Pastor Ukafia promised continuity in prayer to ensure Nigerians make the right choice of person to lead them as president.
