The President of Lagos West Baptist Conference, Rev Samuel Oladiran, has reassured Nigerians of full recovery and restoration as individuals, families, and Nigeria inclusive as we approach the Christmas season.
Oladiran said this at a press conference on the state of the nation held last week at the Secretariat of the Lagos West Baptist Conference, Obanikoro, Lagos.
The cleric who spoke on a wide range of issues plaguing the country said that in the spirit of Christmas wherein we celebrate the gift of God, through Jesus Christ to liberate and restore humans to God to the position of authority and dominion after falling short of God’s expectation through disobedience, “we want to remind Nigerians that we have a very high hope of full recovery and restoration as individuals, families and a s a nation. We should therefore face life and the future full of hope of eternal and blissful life in the hereafter if we remain faithful and steadfast in Christ.
“For there is hope for a tree if it is cut down that it will sprout again and that its shoots will not cease.
“All we need to do is to abide in Christ and live in obedience to his instruction. By doing so our issues become his issues as He gladly bears our burdens and reliefs us of all.”
He charged the government to be very intentional in ameliorating the very harsh effect of the current high cost of living which is practically snuffing life out of the average Nigerian and taking the necessities of life out of their reach.
He said there have been many cases of needless and avoidable death largely due to the inaccessibility of basic needs of life, food, medical care, and decent and comfortable housing.
He advised the government to put in place serious measures that would ensure that what the country is endowed with by God is made available should be escalated by the government.
On the state of insecurity, the cleric appeals to governments at all levels to come hard on the undesirable elements who are daily threatening the peace of fellow countrymen and making life unbearable.
According to him, no single group should be made to feel above the law. Nothing should appear to restore the people’s confidence in the ability of the government to secure them, since citizens’ security is the number one responsibility of any responsive government in authority to avoid a situation where everyone engages in the free usage of instruments of violence for self-defense.
He also appealed to the government and its agencies to allow the process truly afford Nigerians the opportunity to do so by creating a safe and conducive atmosphere for electioneering campaigns and elections.