The Vice-Presidential candidate of the All Progressives
Congress, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has lamented the daily loss of 400,000 barrels
of crude oil in the face of the high rate of unemployment and poverty in the
country.
Osinbajo, who is a senior pastor in the Redeemed Christian
Church of God, said Christians as the salt of the earth, should be agents of
positive change.
The Senior Advocate of Nigeria said this at the first Annual
Lecture Series in commemoration of the 73 years birthday of the General Overseer of the RCCG,
Pastor Enoch Adeboye, in Lagos on Wednesday.
In attendance were Adeboye and several senior pastors of the
church.
While delivering a lecture titled, ‘Harmonising virtues to
gain heaven and earthly prosperity.
Osinbajo said, “112 million people in
Nigeria are extremely poor. Despite being the largest economy in Africa, we are
among the 33 poorest countries in the world.
In the area of infant mortality, 3.9 million children have
died between 2009 and 2014. For maternal mortality – 55,000 women die every
year while 110,000 die of diarrhoea disease yearly. There are 10.4 million
children out of school while 80 per cent of graduates are jobless.
Corruption here as described by Hilary Clinton is
unbelievable. There are missing funds. The Nigerian National Petroleum
Corporation subsidy scam amounts to N2.6 trillion. Kerosene subsidy scam
amounts to $7bn. Missing excess crude amounts to $1bn as 400,000 barrels of oil
are stolen every day.”
The APC candidate said if these problems were not addressed,
Nigerians would never be able to enjoy the best things in life.
He said, “Who does God hold responsible for creating
prosperity and happiness? You are the salt of the earth…you are the light of
the world.”
Also speaking at the event, Adeboye thanked the organisers
for honouring him. Adeboye prayed for the prosperity of all and stressed the
need for Nigerians to be closer to God.
Meanwhile, Osinbajo has said the presidential candidate of
the APC, Maj.Gen Muhmmadu Buhari (retd.) cannot turn Nigeria into a Muslim
nation.
Osinbajo, who disclosed this at an interactive session with
professionals in Warri, Delta State, said those accusing Buhari of being a
Muslim fundamentalist are distorting history.
Osinbajo said, “Throughout his period as military head of
state, Gen. Buhari was under intense pressure to drag Nigeria into the OIC, but
he never yielded because he respects Nigeria as a secular state in line with
the constitution. Besides, his cook and driver are Christians.
When Gen. Babangida eventually dragged Nigeria into the OIC,
none of the successors ever attended any of its meeting because they know to
Islamise Nigeria is very difficult as you need to first get the constitution
amended. That process, you know, is almost impossible”.
But it is on record that in 2013, President
Jonathan, undermining the constitutional limitation,
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