President Muhammadu Buhari has been asked to set aside a day of prayer to seek divine intervention in the affairs of the country.
The General Overseer of Word Bible Church, Prophet Julius Kumoluyi, said such day, which would be observed like the environmental sanitation day, would be “a dedicated day for Christians to go to their churches to pray and for Moslems to go to their Mosques to pray. Nobody should be allowed to roam about during the period as divine intervention is needed in the country’s affairs”.
Kumoluyi spoke at Igbara Odo in Ekiti State during the three-day early month revival programme tagged “Ipade Gbogbonise”.
He said: “It was Buhari as a military leader that began environmental sanitation day, he should replicate this in the spiritual arena by establishing spiritual sanitation day which other leaders will take a cue from. For instance, America has Thanksgiving Day. So, nothing stops Nigeria from setting aside a day to seek divine intervention.
“We have to pray for the survival of Nigeria. There is light at the end of the tunnel. Buhari will win in the ongoing anti-corruption war and the battle against saboteurs since he is toeing the part of justice and fairness,” he said.
The cleric advocated establishment of separate court to try corrupt politicians, saying: “The essence of the separate court is to expedite the trial of those who siphon the country’s resources and ensure speedy dispensation of justice for those individuals and groups whose activities have inflicted hardship on Nigerians.
“However, I agree with the way the Buhari administration is going about the war against corruption. It will take a long time as it has been based on concrete evidence before confronting the looters. The need to get back the stolen funds from them should not be compromised,” the cleric said.
Kumoluyi, who said Buhari was preparing a solid future for the country, assured that the present hardship would soon fizzle out, saying: “There is hope for the country. Nigeria will soon have a better life. This is the first time a leader is getting to the roots of the problems of the country”.
According to him, successive administrations in the country have not been able to put the country on sound footing because “the leaders don’t want to die, hence no leader has been faithful with the bid to genuinely sanitise Nigeria”.
“For now, the country is passing through turbulent period and people are complaining. Nigerians are experiencing sadness which comes before joy. Nigeria is like a 25-storey building that suddenly collapsed. The strategic rebuilding which is ongoing will be gradual”.
The cleric also advocated regulation of the broadcast media to control the visuals and censor the obscenity and immorality being showed on televisons.
Kumoluyi said such regulation was necessary to ensure that the younger ones, who are the leaders of tomorrow were not misled by the culture of nudity, sex and other immoralities as well criminalities that are the order of the day in movies and entertainment world.
“Government should regulate the movies and music being aired. The culture of nudity, immorality and criminalities being portrayed is unbearable. The obscene movies and songs are passing wrong messages to the youth who may believe what they see are the right way to go.
“Home video, Nollywood and the entertainment industry in Nigeria are heading towards obscenity. The government has to do something about this in aid of Nigerians and the country’s future. Those censoring them are not doing enough,” the cleric said.
Kumoluyi, who decried activities of fake clerics, describing such as signs of the end time, appealed to the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) and the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) to join hands and sanitise Christendom.
The cleric, who spoke on the need for CAN and PFN to raise undercover teams to churches and see what obtained in the religious centres and conduct of the clerics,
He advised the bodies to “sit down and fashion laws to regulate the activities of clerics to check fakes, those who see the church as lucrative business ventures and those bringing disrepute to Christendom”.
Kumoluyi, who lauded Ekiti State Governor, Fayose for his sincerity of purpose in managing the state, sought prayers and support of the people including clerics for the success of his administration.
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