President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday, January 7, 2015 beckoned on religious leaders all around the country to pray for the end of insecurity in the country, just as he asked them to seek God’s face for a successful general election come February 2015.
President Jonathan made the appeal while receiving the report of the 2014 Hajj operations, presented by the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Saad Abubakar III and the Oba of Lagos, Oba Rilwan Akiolu at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.
He said, “I charge you as religious leaders to continue to pray for the country on criminality. In the North, we have issues of terror; in the South, we have issues of kidnapping. These are issues being pushed by negative forces. No person who is really religious in any of the religions can willingly go and kill.
“We should continue to pray for the peace of the country, especially as we face the general elections this year. Anytime you open the newspapers, it is as if the country wants to burn, but Nigeria will surely be safe. Nigeria will surely be united and we will prosecute the election in the end and this country will surely be a peaceful country.
“We will all collectively work hard to transform our economy, but you should pray for the peaceful conduct of the general elections and peaceful transition,” the President added.
