Bayelsa Deputy Gov Tasks NIGERIA PRAYS, Other Christian Groups On Prayer…Commends Gen. Gowon for Unity Efforts in Nigeria.
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Bayelsa State Deputy Governor, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, on Thursday, urged the Nigeria Prays group and other Christian organizations not to relent in their prayers for the peace and unity of the country.
Senator Ewhrudjakpo, who spoke during a courtesy call on him by the leadership of the Bayelsa Chapter of Nigeria Prays in Government House, Yenagoa, noted that prayers had played a critical role in preventing the disintegration of Nigeria.
He commended Nigeria Prays, especially its founder and former Head of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon, for mobilizing Nigerians for regular, fervent and result-oriented prayers for the nation.
Senator Ewhrudjakpo,in a statement signed by his Senior Special Assistant on Media, Mr Doubara Atasi, stressed that the prayers of the group alongside others for the nation were working, which was why Nigeria had not witnessed the kind of upheavals that took place in countries like Somalia, Rwanda, Sudan and others.
He, however, pointed out that the country needed more intensified prayers to sustain its unity and progress in view of the challenges threatening its corporate existence and well-being.
The deputy Governor particularly charged the state chapter of Nigeria Prays and churches to organize special interdenominational monthly prayer programmes for the state and the nation, preferably at the Bayelsa Ecumenical Centre at Igbogene.
He urged individuals and Christian groups to make use of the Ecumenical Centre, noting that the facility which is primarily built to promote the worship of God in the state is currently underutilized.
His words, “Let me use this opportunity to give a pat on the back of the Nigeria Prays group, and particularly to one of our leaders, the former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon (Rtd) for their efforts in mobilizing Christians to pray for our country.
“I strongly believe that without prayers, Nigeria would have collapsed to pieces a long time ago. Your prayers and that of other groups are actually working for this country. If not, we would have had the kind of upheavals that took place in Somalia, Rwanda, Sudan and other countries.
“That is why we must not relent in fervently praying for the peace, unity and progress of our country because it is one of the potent efforts to keep it together.”
Earlier, the State Coordinator of Nigeria Prays, Pastor Paul Obonaje, thanked the Bayelsa State Government for providing a befitting secretariat as well as supporting its 2020 prayer rally in the state.
He, however, appealed to government to fulfill its promise of monthly subvention and employment of a secretarial staff to man the Nigeria Prays office at the Ecumenical Centre.
