Rivers State Governor, Chibuike Amaechi, said God is on top of the country’s trying period, as he urged the citizenry to acknowledge God in all they do.
Speaking at a special church service to mark the end of a one day statewide fasting and prayer held at St. Barnabas Anglican Church, Port Harcourt, at the weekend, Rt. Hon. Amaechi enjoined the citizenry to seek the face of the Almighty God during this period.
He said, “When we acknowledge God, we can then find solutions to all our problems, at times God will watch us cheerfully and allow us make mistakes so that He will teach us that He is God”.
Amaechi insisted that both the leaders and the followers should find a meeting point in God, warning that, “When we play God without knowing that we are playing God, then, God will not hear us and will not speak to us”.
The Rivers State Chief Executive, was also of the opinion that aside the sectarian killings in the northern part of the country, the current labour and federal government face-off on fuel subsidy removal would be solved amicably.
“For me, there is no crisis is in the sectarian killings in the country”, he observed.
Governor Amaechi reminded the congregation that the fast was not only for the state but particularly aimed at providing divine direction for the nation’s leaders.
Earlier in his sermon, Anglican Bishop of Evo Diocese, Rt. Rev. Innocent Ordu, appealed to all Nigerians not to toe the old path of inflaming the crisis, but to pray fervently to God at this period.
Bishop Ordu maintained that the scriptures enjoined every Christian to be obedient to constituted authorities even in turbulent times, as he reminded them of Christ’s admonition to his disciples in the gospel.
“As Christians, I need to remind us that we live in two kingdoms we have responsibility to government and to God’s authority and as Christians, we are commanded to obey our rulers,” he declared.
The Anglican cleric stressed, “the first thing we need to do in the face of the present challenges is that as Christians, this is the time to come alive to our civic responsibilities”.
He urged all Nigerians not only to pray in the church, but to remain steadfast in prayers even in their closest, assuring that, “in the midst of the various voices that have been speaking, the church and everyone who is a child of God needs to go back to God to hear Him and we hardly hear Him, when we are in noisy situation”.
During the service, special prayers were said for the President, the nation, Rivers State and for general peace of the country and for the church. ####
By Jeff Oguike
