A revered cleric in charge of the God of Fire Global Evangelical Ministries (GOFGEM), Evangelist Peter Kolajo on Sunday said a challenged nation like Nigeria needs spiritual restructuring to survive as a country.
The cleric argued that for Nigeria and Nigerians to maintain their status in the comity of nations and among the black race,people must begin to champion the course of God rather than pursuing ephemeral tendencies.
Evangelist Kolajo made the statement in his homily during the Sunday Service in one of the branches of the Ministry in Osogbo, Osun state capital.
While not indifferent on the agitation for "Nigeria's restructuring", the clergyman asserted that Nigeria's woes were beyond fiscal restructuring but rather spiritual one.
He said Nigeria's economy and national life of the citizenry have gotten to a stage where Nigerians must rise and seek God's face for spiritual deliverance through fervent prayers and fasting.
The spiritual man of God opined that the challenges confronting Nigeria at the moment were beyond the agitation for true federalism, restructuring and fiscal devolution of powers but rather a collective army of heaven's intervention.
According to the Cleric, God’s basic idea revealed to our pre-independence fighters was to agree upon and birth a country with blessed resources to develop its people and improve the well-being of all.
"But alas, despite possessing immense natural resources and being the most populous black nation, all institutions of governance have failed and betrayed their faith in God and humanity, hence leading to a state of national dissatisfaction.
“The level of inefficiency and impotency of all arms of government has led our nation (Nigeria) into the abyss of impoverishment, deplorable infrastructure, decline potentiality, mass unemployment rate, insecurity challenges, religious and inter- ethnic hostility and disunity.
"Hence, Nigeria claims to be independent but yet unable to show forth the glory of independence as insatiable selfish thirst for power by those at the helms of affairs over the years has plundered everything good.
"it is regrettable that a quantum number of public office holders have turned malfeasance conduct, abuse of office and misconduct to norms and custom in managing public treasury, thus requiring urgent spiritual intervention.
"It is not an exaggeration that the fear of God is missing in the life of our national existence and corporate living as a nation, a situation if not attended to through tireless dedication to the will of God in prayers and fasting may lead us to path of uncertainty," the cleric stressed.
Throwing his weights behind the call for Nigeria's restructuring, Evangelist Kolajo announced that restructuring remains the only sustainable foundation Nigerian leaders could chose at the moment to set the nation to the glorious path of economic sustainability and prosperity.
He added, "“Resource control, local government autonomy, adjustment of power, economic diversification, power shifting and zoning, creation of more states, fiscal federalism etc. are great steps but currently in the wrong direction for starting up restructuring
"But to kick-start, all our negative habits needed to be abandoned, changed and consciously worked upon for positivity. It is time for us as a united entity to embrace the greater light that we have all denied, betrayed and abandoned which is God Himself.
"We need to humble ourselves before God, pray and seek His face for the original restructuring blueprint we have destroyed.Also,there is the need for us all to see ourselves as being equal and not to be trampled upon,while finally,every Nigerian should believe and confess confidently that with God,Nigeria would get to the promised land,enjoy the Glory of the promised land and even have peace ultimately".
