The General Overseer and the President of the United Apostolic Church of Christ Worlwide UACC, Reverend ,Dr.James Bayo Owoyemi has urged political leaders in the country on sincerity in the scheme of things to enable the country overcome the security menace and other various challenges affecting the nation for the benefit of the people.
The cleric lamented that the people lost confidence in government due to alarming rate of insecurity spurred by corruption and nepotism ravaging all circles in the country, he enjoined the government to strive hard and put in in place the modalities that would curb the menace in order to restore confidence on the leadership in the minds of the people.
Owoyemi however expressed the belief in the power of God to turn things around and bring better life back to the country.
The UACC General overseer made the remark yesterday at this year’s annual trustee meeting which came up at the church premises in Ikere Ekiti, Ekiti state, he stated that the meeting is aimed at brainstorming on the development and progress of the church for the benefit of the people.
“At the trustee meeting ,the leaders meet to deliberate on how to move the church forward, the outcome of the meeting would then be taken to the executive , from there we move to the general committee ,most vital decisions are made during this meeting.”
In his sermon titled: ‘Time for Total Restoration’, the cleric said: “God is God of restoration, we have the conviction that Nigeria is going to be restored, no doubt there is decadence in the land, things are not going well, however, there is optimism. God answered our prayers in the last general election, after the election, there was peace.
“We want Nigerians to have the belief that God is interested in the restoration of the Country , we should be working towards that, we shouldn’t be working towards that everything should be destroyed and collapse ,we should work towards bringing Nigeria to its normalcy.
“Corruption has hitting the deep to Nigeria system, if the present government can work to fight against nepotism, work towards eradicating or reducing corruption to the bearest minimum. Jungle justice should be curbed to make judiciary the real hope for the people, if normalcy can be restored to that system, it will make people be interested in the system of government.
“Also, let there be reward for hardwork in Nigeria ,there are people who go to school, they work ,they labour at the end of the day, people who didn’t go to school have more reward, that’s abnormality in the system, at the end of the day, people lose interest in hardwork ,because they don’t see the reason in the reward of those who are hardworking.”
On insecurity, he said: “If government can make provision for the youths, it will definitely reduce insecurity, a normal person cannot want to stay in the jungle, which means it’s a condition that takes them to that because they know the law enforcement agents would be chasing them around, every normal human being wants to live a peaceful life, we want to belief that if the government produced a workable system, it will reduce insecurity in the country.
“Government needs to be sincere at all levels ,but unfortunately , some people who are in government are also involved in the menace . I have this conviction that Nigeria will reclaim its lost heritage”.
The chief host of the Trustees meeting , Rev. Felix Tunde Popoola said “the meeting involved many things, the development of the whole mission,the leaders gather and discuss the development and the new agenda,new programs that the General overseer, that is the President has for the mission after the meeting,they will start to implement the program. The objective of the meeting is about the progress of the mission and where we are/ where we are moving to.”
He added that it’s a three –day event with revival as commencement. “Thanksgiving was held at the last day after the leaders have met to round off the deliberations.”
The General Secretary of the church, Rev. Joseph Eniola Oluwatuase who stressed on the sermon, Time for Restoration stated that “God is a God of changes and has the power to change all situations, we are very hopeful that Nigeria will be better .the church should assist the government with prayer supports for the development in the country.”
The wife of the General Overseer,, Rev. Mrs Mary, Joke Owoyemi charged women on tolerance and cooperation at home with the husbands in view of the economic hardship.
She said, “Women should try and understand what is happening and cooperate with their husbands , we should not allow the hardship to affect the home, we should try and understand ourselves and know how to stabilize everything in the family ,as the helper, we should help them and advise them on what to do for smooth running of the family, as a woman, we shouldn’t be harsh to them and try our best to control the situation.”
