Churches in Nigeria under the umbrella of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, have shared their opinion on why the country has not moved forward since Independence in 1960.
Popular churches such as the Anglican, Catholic, Methodist, Deeper Life, Redeemed Christian Church of God, among many others came together at Transcorp Hilton Hotel in preparation for Christ for Nations crusade to be held in Abuja to pray and seek salvation of Nigeria.
Members of the FCT CAN leadership at the event include Dr John Daku, Executive Director, Africa, Christ for All Nations, Archbishop John Daniel, the Deputy President, Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, PFN, and Rev. Dr. Williams Okoye, All Christian Fellowship.
“At Independence of the nation Nigeria, many developed nations believed that within a few years, Nigeria would join the league of developed nations,” Rev. Dr Okoye said while fielding questions from journalists.
“But sixty-plus years later, Nigeria still struggles. The reason is because of our distorted sense of value. Any nations that are developed, may have developed based on their values.
“If you look at a nation like Singapore, God gave them a leader and because of the core values Lee Juan Yew advocated, Singapore was transformed from a third world country to a first world country within the space of twenty years.
“So, one of the things we stand to benefit through this crusade is that we’re going to reorientate our people to let them know that things of internal value must have preeminence in our lives.
“Today we worship money in Nigeria. I was just watching a report on social media recently where a young boy was told that he would become a millionaire if he buried his mother alive and he took the mother and buried her alive.
“It’s because of our distorted sense of value. But if the values and mindset of our people are transformed, they’ll begin to see that we’re here to serve God and humanity.
“Nigeria will be transformed and there’ll be change. Nigeria will move forward. That’s what we stand to benefit from.”
CAN blames Nigeria’s woes on ‘distorted sense of values’
