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Life Bible Church International, Apostle Lawrence Achudume, has charged Nigerians to put the country first before ethnicity and religion to guarantee socio-economic development and peaceful co-existence.
The cleric, who addressed newsmen in Abeokuta, Ogun State, at the on-going 31st Convention of the church, said it was important for Nigerians to stick as one and not allow ethnicity and religion divide the nation.
“The last election has already provided key lessons needed to take note of as a nation, and instead of taking heed of the lessons, some leaders are fanning the embers of ethnicity and religious bias to heat up the polity. I am disappointed about the opinions and comments of some leaders, elites and state actors that should know better but are still making unguided comments for their selfish interests.”
The cleric urged citizens to ensure they are not used by leaders to foster their selfish political interest. He said the slow developmental status of the nation could be directly linked to leaders and not the followers. He urged citizens to shun ethnic bigotry on all grounds to foster the country’s development.
“As a nation, we are too slow in terms of development and social networking. Once we can speak as an entity, as one Nigeria, there will be development. We are Nigerians, and we remain Nigerians before our religious affiliations,” he said.
Speaking in the same vein, Revd (Mrs) Fola Achudume expressed optimism about Nigeria’s greatness even as she charged citizens to make the fear of God and respect to humanity their watchword.
