The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has urged Nigerians to be hopeful that the nation would overcome its present challenges.
The President, CAN, and Co-Chairman, Nigeria Inter Religious Council (NIREC). Dr. Samson Olasupo Ayokunle made the call yesterday in his Easter Message to all Nigerians titled ‘Nigeria Will Rise Again’.
“Fellow Christians and fellow Nigerians, the situation in the country today, to say the truth, without an iota of politics looks very gloomy. There seems to be nothing to celebrate because of unimaginable insecurity.
“Despite the efforts of the government to arrest the situation, the scope of insecurity keeps expanding to our consternation. Coupled with insecurity are other challenges such as mass unemployment, industrial disharmony, especially that of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), just to mention but a few.
“The prices of goods and services have risen in a way unprecedented in our country before and entrepreneurs are relocating to other countries that have better ease of doing business,” Ayokunle said.
He, however said despite the challenges, there is still reasons to celebrate.
“If Jesus died and was buried, putting his disciples in the greatest state of disappointment and sorrow but afterwards rose from the dead, then, Nigeria is going to be great again.
“This nation will rise from all the challenges we are facing and we Nigerians are going to rejoice and be proud of our nation again in the name of Jesus Christ,” he said.
He prayed to God to fast-tract the resurrection of Nigeria from all her pains and challenges so that those that have tasted in the suffering in the nation might equally eat of the good of this nation.
He also commended the nation’s security agencies for all they are doing at nipping insecurity in the bud, especially for the supreme price some of them had paid.
He said, “We seize this opportunity of Easter to pray for comfort for their families and urge the government to take good care of the people they left behind.
“I plead with the Federal Government to work harder to bring reprieve to Nigerians from all these challenges very soon.”
