Tackle hardship confronting Nigerians with fear of God – C&S Leader to Tinubu, politicians
Nigeria’s politicians have been charged to rise to the challenges of hardships confronting Nigerians and find ways to ameliorate the sufferings occasioned by the general economic crunch of the nation.
The Prelate of the Eternal Sacred Order of the Cherubim and Seraphim Church Worldwide, His Eminence Dr David Bob-Manuel, who issued the charge said as leaders, politicians must preoccupy themselves with the task of making life more meaningful for the downtrodden.
To achieve this, he asked politicians, including President Bola Tinubu, governors to govern with fear of God and not turn themselves to lords over the people.
Specifically, the cleric said as elected leaders, politicians must be compassionate in the use of the country’s resources to make life more meaningful for those who put them in positions of authority.
Addressing journalists on Sunday in Abuja, Dr Bob-Manuel, also called on Nigerians not only to be cooperative with leaders but to support them with prayers in the act of governance.
At the media briefing held at the National Headquarters Annex of the church, the C&S leader warned that political leaders must not turn themselves to lords over the electorate but to strive to fulfill all the promises made to enhance the living standards of the downtrodden during electioneering campaigns.
According to him, as leaders freely elected by the people for the purpose of enhancing their welfare, political leaders must do everything within their powers to cushion the hardship and reduce the suffering of the people to the barest minimum.
The prelate charged Nigerian citizens to always be guided by God in choosing who to lead them, adding that when righteous people are put into offices, everything would be well for the less privileged ones.
“When you are elected into positions of authority, you are expected to lead with the fear of God. You have to know that those who elected you are human beings, when they are suffering, you suffer with them as done by Christ.
“Anybody who is in position must be compassionate, must show compassion to those who elected them into that office because they are human beings and you must care for them, think of them and not question of when you have succeeded, you now turn to a lord over them, you no longer care about the welfare of the people, that is not the way”.
On the part of the church, the cleric said that though the leaders don’t take part in active politics, they are allowed to pray for politicians seeking elective offices for God’s guidance.
He said that individual church members are not forbidden from taking active part in politics, adding that the people rejoice when the righteous rule, noting that the church in the last hundred years had contributed tremendously to the educational, political and economic growth of the country.
