The Vice President of Nigeria, Professor Yemi Osibanjo has charged the church to continue to remain the bastion of hope of the country and must continue to challenge the moral conscience of leadership when we do not live up to the standards of our office.
Osinbajo said this at the National Symposium organized by the Surulere District of the Cherubim and Seraphim Movement Church, Ayo Ni O, held at the church headquarters yesterday as part of the activities to mark the Golden Jubilee of the Wardens Band.
The event tagged: The State, Society and the Church: Beacon of Hope for a New Nigeria” brought together traditional ruler, government representatives, technocrats, clerics, among others.
He said that the truth is, our nation is at moral cross-roads and the consequences have dogged us for years – corruption, vandalization of public property, insecurity and the wanton pursuit of wealth by any means necessary.
Osinbajo said “we must rise up to meet them with the values required to build a sustainable future, and inspire them toward the moral imperative of doing good and honest work to the best of their ability, as a service to humanity and to God. Surely there is a future and a hope (Proverb. 23:18) for Nigeria, and what is the church but the great bastion of this hope.
In his words, the Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Isiaka Amao called for more cooperation between the state and the church so that we can realize the new Nigeria that we all desire.
He said that the church is a highly influential institution in the society and the current socio-economic challenges affecting the nation, such as insecurity, require an all of society approach, adding that the church has a crucial role in creating the new Nigeria we all hope for.