An Ibadan-based cleric, Reverend Samuel Kayode Olawoyin, has appealed to Nigerians to desist from giving the country a bad name.
Olawoyin who is the Provost of the Cathedral of St Peter Anglican Church, Aremo, Ibadan, made this declaration on Sunday.
The cleric in the statement signed by the Ibadan North Anglican Diocesan Communicator, Chief Ayoade Solomon Olugbemiga, and made available to DAILY POST, appealed to Nigerians to desist from giving the country bad appellations.
Olawoyin, in his sermon titled “Staying focused despite persecution”, appealed to Nigerians to see the country as a blessed one.
The cleric while reading from the books of Matthew 10:22 and Isaiah 62: 2, said for the prophesy of “New Nigeria” to be fulfilled, we need to sincerely love our country.
He advised the citizens to imbibe the spirit of attitudinal change, charging them to stop cursing the country but instead begin to call Nigeria good names.
Olawoyin said, “I charge you all to start calling Nigeria Blessed” so that you can be blessed as individuals, groups, corporate bodies as well as a nation.
“In the nearest future, I see a new Nigeria of plenty, a secured nation occupying its rightful position in the committee of nations”.
