The General Overseer
(Worldwide), Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, in Jos on
Sunday urged Christians not to lose hope in Nigeria but to believe that there
is no problem impossible for God to solve.
The cleric also urged Nigerians to maintain a peaceful disposition towards
one another, no matter the situation they found themselves, saying it was only
through such acts that their prayers would be answered.
Adeboye spoke at the RCCG inter-denominational service held
at Kassa in Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau State, where he
rounded off the RCCG 2017 Northern Ministers and Workers Conference, with the
theme, “The Almighty.”
At the event, the Plateau State Governor, Simon Lalong,
called on citizens to live in peace and support his administration to achieve
its mandate.
Adeboye’s message was taken from the Book of Genesis
17:1-10.
He said, “Know that there is a God who is the Almighty; hide
nothing from Him no matter the situation but put your trust in Him and the
Almighty will be available to you. Though you have no one to help, the Almighty
will help, remember that He knows all.”
Meanwhile, the Tarayar Ekklisiyoyin Kristia Nigeria, which
consists of over 15 churches, among one of the blocs in the Christian
Association of Nigeria, has called on the Federal Government to intensify
efforts to ensure the release of the remaining Chibok girls and assist in the
rebuilding of churches destroyed by the Boko Haram insurgents in the
North-East.
The organisation described the recent release of 82 Chibok
girls as a good development, adding that the Federal Government should do more
to release the remaining girls.
THE PUNCH reported that about 276 female students of the
Government Secondary School, Chibok in Borno State, were abducted by Boko Haram
insurgents on April 14, 2014, while preparing for their West African Senior
School Certificate Examination.
About 106 of them have been rescued by the Federal
Government in two batches.
While advising the government to ensure adequate medical
care and rehabilitation of the freed
Chibok girls, the group said they should be given good care and quality
education that would make them have a sense of belonging in the society.
The President of TEKAN, Rev. Dr. Caleb Ahima, said this in
Jos on Sunday, after dedicating the new gate of the organisation’s
headquarters.
He said, “We call on the Federal Government to do all it
could to secure the release of the remaining Chibok girls from the hands of
their captors. I’m calling on the Federal Government to work while it is day
for the night cometh when no man can work.
“The state governments in the North and the Federal
Government should ensure that criminal elements in the North are cleared off
the streets. They should as well ensure freedom of worship and association in
all the states of the North to prevent a situation whereby some groups
operating under whatever guise would go on burning places of worship.”
Ahima urged all Christians to pray for the government in its
efforts to promote unity, peace and prosperity in the country.
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