The government have been accused of dividing Nigeria along religious and ethnic lines and also using the patience of citizens to exploit them.

 

The Chairman, Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Kaduna State chapter, Rev. John Joseph Hayab, who led other Christians in an intercessory prayer organized by CAN for peace in Kaduna State and Nigeria on Sunday, said the government has divided Nigeria and have gotten away with it without questioning.

He noted that citizens of other countries cannot take it easy with their government if their leaders were behaving like Nigerian leaders.

Hayab  said the 3-day nationwide prayer was for God’s intervention on kidnapping, banditry, killings, ethno- religious crisis and other forms of insecurity that have become the order of the day in the Nigeria.

 

“Citizens in other countries cannot take it easy with their governments compared with what we are going through in the hands of our leaders for years.

 

“The government has succeeded in dividing us along religious, ethnic and other lines and they are capitalizing on such myopic thinking to exploit us and unfortunately, majority of us are thinking along all the lines the government has divided us and get away with it without any problem.”

 

“Our leaders are not doing what they swore to do for the people and that is why we are praying to God for our leaders to be able to do the right thing for the country to be able to move forward in all spheres of life.

“That is why since Friday, 28th to Sunday, 30th May, 2021, CAN has directed its followers in the country to pray and fast to plead for God’s intervention in the kidnapping, banditry, killings, ethno- religious crisis and other forms of insecurity that have become the order of the day in the country.”

 

“Our leaders are exploiting us and as such, continue to cheat on us. For us to challenge our leaders, we must first do the right thing to be able to challenge them” Hayab said.