Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, yesterday, applauded church leaders for encouraging Christians to be a part of politics and governance in Nigeria.
Okowa spoke, yesterday, at the First Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN)’s Directorate of Politics and Governance (DPG) Regional Conference at PFN’s Alpha and Omega City, Agbarho, Ughelli Council of the state.
Okowa said at the conference with the theme: “Project Nigeria: The Church, A Panacea For The Right Leadership” attended by delegates from Bayelsa, Rivers, Akwa-Ibom, Cross-River, Edo, Delta as well as Yobe, Adamawa, and Zamfara states, that the church must first realize that it had a huge advantage if it remained united in its quest to ensure that right leaders were voted into office.
He called on church leaders to be united in prayers, trusting God to show the broad path to the success of the nation.
The governor urged Christians to seek the face of God continually, adding: “when the spirit of God leads there will be no failures.”
He said: “I want to thank the Church for beginning to think in this direction. It must be of note that the church is not trying to divide the nation but to unite us with the right communication on our participation in politics and governance.
“For us to awaken the giant in us, we must first of all realise that we are giants. The Church of Christ in itself is a giant and it is possible for us to do a lot of things through prayers and actions because faith without works is dead.”
Earlier, the National Director of DPG, Rev. Femi Emmanuel, said the directorate was established to mobilize, sensitize, educate and awaken the giant in