By Valentine Amanze
Online Editor
Imo State Governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha, has urged Christians to continue to pray for the prosperity and unity of Nigeria. He also called for prayers for the leaders at all levels in the country.
Besides, he asked Christians in the state to pray more than they had never done before for the good of the state and its people.
The governor, in his Christmas message, also said that Nigerians especially the leaders should appreciate themselves and see the current recession as a national challenge.
His words: “What Nigerians and of course the leaders in particular need to do now is to unite and begin to build a country of our collective dreams and aspirations since the leaders cannot afford to hand over to the next generation what we have at the moment as a nation, in which ethnicity, religious bigotry and zoning of political offices are still the order of the day.”
He aappealed to Nigerians to endeavour to hand over to the next generation a united and prosperous nation, which all the ethnic and religious groups can be proud of.
He assured the people of the state that he would not relent in his effort to keep the state on the speed lane of development, growth and progress and indeed to make the state the envy of others.