Nigeria still on the brink — Christian lawmakers
The Christian Legislators’ Fellowship of the National Assembly, yesterday, said Nigeria is still on the brink.
Addressing newsmen on the group’s National Prayer Breakfast, its President, Senator Barnabas Gemade (APC, Benue), said for the past seven years, the political and socio/economic landscape of Nigeria has been characterised by threats that had both regional and international implications.
“To Nigerians, those years could have seen our dear country emerge stronger from the shocks and effects of the global economic crisis. We have, however, weathered these storms; we are still at present, a reflection of a country at the brinks.
“Recently, hate speech, divisive and secessionist quests raised their ugly heads, but we fortunately overcame the threats,” he said.
Gemade further said the delivery of public values had ceased to be the essence of governance, “as our fellow countrymen barely access basic necessities.
“These challenges have shaken the very foundation of the Nigerian people’s faith in leadership,” he said.
“It behoves on all of us to, not just lead by the principles of parliamentary practice, but by Godly virtues already inherent in all of us; moral forthrightness which is only attainable when we ask for leadership directions from whom we all acknowledge as our creator, the all-knowing God,” he said. can social