FORMER President, Olusegun Obasanjo Sunday challenged genuine
Christians who really fear God to play active in politics if Nigeria is
to get out of the woods.
Obasanjo who spoke in Abeokuta Sunday, the Ogun State capital, insisted that the country was where it is (bad economy, insecurity and social vices, among others) because many of the politicians administering the affairs of the country are ungodly, declaring “politics is not for the ungodly”.
Obasanjo regretted that many genuine, honest and patriotic Christians have kept away from politics on the wrong assumption that politics and
Christianity are poles apart and challenged Nigerians with the “fear of God and good Christian background to be in politics in order to correct the wrongs”.
Obasanjo spoke at a special thanks giving service to mark the fifth anniversary of the Chapel of Christ the Glorious King (CCGC), a church he built after leaving office.
Obasanjo who is the Church’s “Chief Promoter” commended Rev. Dr. S.T. Ola Akande who preached the sermon for his “sojourn” in politics stated “One of the beliefs in the Christian circles is that good Christians should not be in politics but this is a fallacy”.
He added: “If we will allow this to be, we shall be having only ungodly people in politics and this should not be, because if you leave politics without participating in it, only bad people will join it and will dominate it. We must encourage good Christians, those God have accepted to be in politics, or else what we would be witnessing will not be good.”
In his sermon, Akande said he had been “a spectator of the many ups and downs of the life of Olusegun Obasanjo over the years,” noting that Obasanjo was a “special man that God has given to the contemporary Nigerian generation”.
“You all know that God has granted him (Obasanjo) many victories in life. So, the building of such a chapel by him is indeed an expression
of praise and thanksgiving to Christ, the Glorious King. So to you Olusegun Obasanjo, I say well done. May God continue to grant you more of His grace in Jesus name,” the cleric affirmed.
Akande also took a swipe at the current political situations ahead of the 2015 polls , observing that “their preparations, defections and counter defections from one party to another are robbing us of our sleep.”