The Church in Nigeria appears to be divided again ahead of the 2019 general elections, as a Senior Pastor at Redeemed Christian Church of God, Emmanuel Ikechukwu has declared his intention to run for the office of the President. The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, who is likely to retain his position ahead of the elections, is also a Senior Pastor at the Church.
Pastor Ikechukwu made his intention known in Port Harcourt, the Rivers state capital, claiming that he was on a rescue mission.
“When this (Buhari’s) government came up with this anti corruption issue and made it a focal point, it scared a lot of investors away. You don’t scare people away. You try to see how you can tackle the economy.
“Though corruption needs to be taken care of, you cannot eradicate it from any human environment. What you need to do is to focus on basic challenges that intensify corruption. If you fix the economy, insecurity, corruption would be taken care of.
“We need to tackle unemployment and insecurity. And the assured way to achieve that is to create industries through conscious technological advancement” improving the economy is not rocket science.
“What a government needs to do is effective partnership with the private sector to develop education, infrastructures, build industries to create jobs, reduce unemployment, and partner financial institutions to support sustenance of small and medium scale enterprises for the masses through cooperatives financing.
“At 40 and given my background and experience, I have all it takes to steer the ship of the nation from prolong economic doldrums. People say it is easier said than done, that when you get there, a lot of things will overwhelm you.
“I say to them nothing can overwhelm me. It is not rocket science. To fix the economy and create jobs is not something we will get from outer space. The opportunities, human or natural resources, are around us, all a genuine change agent needs is the will and I have it.”
Dailypost reports that the Pastor, who serves at Rivers state Province 10 of the RCCG, would seek to actualize his intention on the platform of African Democratic Congress (ADC).
