The Council of Bishops in Nigeria has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to hand over to a Southern Christian in 2023 for purposes of fairness and equity.
The Bishops, who made the call yesterday while briefing newsmen, after their meeting in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, stated that when the right person takes over the leadership of Nigeria in 2023, the economy of the country would soften for the common man.
The Council, which is also known as the Niger Delta Bishops and Ministers Forum, NDBMF, and allegedly has over 10,000 members, said they have been observing the leadership in Nigeria and the way it has been impacting on the people and have decided, as ministers of the gospel, that the best way to bring that biblical declaration and truism to reality in Nigeria is to be involved in the process of the choice of the leaders and people in authority.
In line with its decision above, the Council, which spoke through its President, Julius Ediwe, has extended a call to all well-meaning Christians in the Niger Delta and the entire Nigeria to participate in the electoral process by ensuring they obtain their Personal Voters Cards, PVCs, and to vote in the forthcoming 2023 general elections.
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The Council further urged the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi, who was a former governor of Rivers State, to contest for Presidency in the 2023 elections.
President of the Council of Bishops, Julius Ediwe, who is also the Archbishop of Chapel of Love Evangelical Worldwide, explained that Nigeria needs the likes of Amaechi, whom he described as a man with proven track records, to join the presidential race and to rescue the country’s ailing economy.
He declared that Amaechi, while serving as governor of Rivers State, performed creditably in all the sectors including human capital development and has all it requires to come and rescue Nigeria.
