A Senior Pastor of the Awaiting The Second Coming of Christ Ministry, Adewale Giwa, has raised the alarm over the unprecedented economic hardship Nigerians are facing which has left millions of its citizens struggling to make ends meet.
Giwa asked President Bola Tinubu, to act fast and save the situation from further degenerating, saying Nigerians never experienced such economic hardship in the past 70 years.
The clergy appealed to President Tinubu’s administration to find a solution to the hunger in the land and end economic hardship which has made life unbearable in the country
The Pastor also called on politicians and philanthropists, to urgently give assistance to the less privileged Nigerians to enable them cope with the current economic hardship in the country.
The cleric who made this appeal during a special Thanksgiving service held in Akure, Ondo State capital, for surviving a ghastly motor accident last year, notes that the fuel subsidy removal has impacted the inflationary trend in the country.
According to him” the philanthropists, the rich and politicians should come to the assistance of the poor ones in the society for them to survive the hardship.
“Nigerians need to be more prayerful and get closer to God than ever before, the nation needs divine intervention to get over some of the challenges being faced by the citizenry.
“Nigerians should stay prayerful and move closer to God than before. Nothing can be done except that God approves it or tells us what to do. We need to come together and pray as one for our state and country to progress.
“I want to appeal to philanthropists and those who have money to go out there and help those who are poor. People are really suffering. We need to be our brother’s keeper.
“I also want to appeal to our politicians to help the downtrodden and try to understand that people are suffering.
Speaking at the thanksgiving service, a chieftain of All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Olusola Oke, said all and sundry should come together to rescue Ondo State and the nation at large.
Oke noted that religious leaders, youths, and people from all walks of life should work with politicians to fashion out lasting solutions to the problems of the state and the nation.
“God preserved him for a purpose because we still have a lot to do to turn around the nation and change the condition of the people of our state. It’s not a one-man affair.
“We need men of God, we need people with good ideas. The solution to the problem of the state may come from the youngest person. So, the more good-hearted we have, the better it is for Ondo State.
“Giwa has been my friend. Incidentally, we shared something in common. We are both victims of very bad accidents and survivors of those accidents.
“We are attracted to each other because we share common vision about development of humanity. Each time he called me, he wanted to talk about Nigeria and Ondo State in particular.
“He’s worried about the deficiency in our infrastructure, he’s worried that despite the abundant resources, we are making little or no development.
“He’s concerned about the welfare of the people of Ondo State that we are not where we ought to be. So we shared these visions and ideas together.
“He didn’t tell me he was involved in an accident. So, when he told me he was having a special Thanksgiving, that meant it was something extraordinary.
”Because as a Pastor, as human beings we daily enjoy the grace of God. So, I am here to show my love and affection for a brother, who we shared common dream and vision about the development of the state. We shared same vision about the development of our nation.”