Season of prayer as President Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday
called on Nigerians, particularly the clergy, to pray for the peace and
stability of the country.
Jonathan
spoke through the Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson, during the
third Bayelsa Thanksgiving Day celebration at Gabriel Okara Cultural
Centre in Yenagoa, the state capital.
The
President said, “I wish to urge all Nigerians to pray for the peace,
unity and stability of the country. This is the time to reunite our
country through prayers. Now that the 2015 general elections are
approaching, people should shun do or die politics. Those seeking
political offices should know that power comes from God.”
Speaking
in his own capacity, Dickson said since the state House of Assembly
passed the law on thanksgiving in the state, there had been peace
between the lawmakers and the executive arm.
He
also said the State Executive Council had also been peaceful, urging
Bayelsans to continually pray for the peace and unity of the state to be
able to achieve sustained socio-economic development.
Dickson
urged those in leadership positions to always take service of the
people seriously. According to him, power is transient.