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Okowa to clergy: tell leaders the truth
By Okungbowa Aiwerie, Asaba
Delta State Governor Ifeanyi Okowa on Sunday urged the clergy to be bold and tell political leaders to make the nation better.
He spoke at a church service to celebrate the birthday of the General Overseer of Omega Fire Ministry, Apostle Johnson Suleman, in Auchi, Edo State.
Dr. Okowa described Suleman as “a man being used by God”, and said that the testimonies of his benevolence to the Nigeria Correctional Centre in Auchi, through support and intervention, showed his love for humanity, which Jesus Christ represented.
“I met Suleman for the first time at a crusade in Agbor, Delta State and from that day I noticed that God has a hand in his life.
“I thank God for what He is using him (Suleman) to do across the world. He is sent on a mission to humanity and to the world.
“I know that the church is not constituted by the building or the crowd, but by the body of Christ, and from what I have seen here today, the pastor is bringing the word of God to reality in many lives.
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“I urge you, the church, to prayerfully support your senior pastor, for any man of God that is rising; there must be challenges on the way.
“The church is you, it’s not the building; so I urge you as a church to stand strong in prayer for him and his family so that the evil ones will not have their way against his leadership,” Okowa said.
He said Suleman had struggled to win souls for Christ, adding that he had a huge followership everywhere.
“You must pray for him so that he will win more souls for Christ,” the governor said.
He praised the pastor for giving youths a platform to excel.
“As we continue to move on, we have to do the things that will attract youths to Christ, and that is exactly what we have seen here today.
“It’s important because if we don’t do that, we begin to lose them and may God not allow us to lose our youths,” Okowa said.
He urged the church to pray for the nation to overcome its challenges.
Edo State Deputy Governor Philip Shaibu congratulated Apostle Suleman on his birth anniversary and enjoined him not to relent in the fight against poverty and unemployment in Edo and the country through his philanthropic interventions.
Suleman thanked God for giving him the opportunity to witness another year.
He pledged to do more to evangelise for Christ, admonishing all to eschew hatred as it did nobody and the nation any good.
