Delta state Governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, on Thursday, charged religious bodies to embark on intercession for God to intervene in the compendium of challenges hampering the progress of the country.
According to a press statement from Delta government seen by Grassroots.ng, Governor Okowa made the comment when he received a delegation of the national executive of the Order of the Knights of Saint Mulumba, Nigeria, who paid him a courtesy visit.
Governor Okowa said that a lot of support was needed from the Christian bodies in tackling the problems of insecurity, unemployment, poverty, coronavirus pandemic and recession which, he said, needed prayers for God to reverse the ugly trend.
According to him, the present economic downturn in the country was due to the second wave of COVID-19 which he said has negatively impacted on the global economy, adding that there was a need for everybody to obey all protocols that would curtail the spread of the virus.
“I also believe that as we discuss issues around COVID-19, we should pray for our nation, Nigeria.
“We believe that spiritual impact on our nation is actually required to take us out of where we are and the more we begin to know our God and rely on Him, the more our people get to realise that we must be our brothers’ keepers as God has instructed us to love our neighbours as ourselves.”