by Anike Jacobs

Now that Muhammad Buhari has been elected as the President of Nigeria, the  General Superintendent, Deeper Christian Life Ministry, Pastor William Kumuyi wants him to fulfill all the promises he made to Nigerians during the campaign period.

While speaking at the National Easter Retreat of the church last weekend, Kumuyi said the church would back the new president with prayers to be able to deliver on his promise to fight corruption and insurgency.

Read below his words:

“Nigeria has been plagued by so many difficulties and problems. Like I said, we have been praying. The church has been praying and God has been answering our prayers. We will continue praying for the incoming president so that God will grant him wisdom to handle the affairs of this country from May 29, 2015.”

“So, the prayers of the church is that the President-elect will know what God wants him to do for Nigeria so that he will be able to face the responsibilities and carry them out so that at the end of his tenure, we will be able to say, of a truth, this is God’s handiwork. The church will continue to pray for the President and the President-elect,” He said.

On the results of the General Election, he said “We are grateful to God. The children of God have been praying, even though we did not know what would be the outcome. But the result is what we see today. We have peace. We had wonderful elections and the outcome of the elections did not result in burning of houses and killing of innocent people. The nation is at peace with itself. So, we really thank God for what He has done for us as a nation.

“Even our international counterparts never expected that things would go this way. Our God is an all-knowing God. He knows where He is taking us to and even though each of us has his/her own thought, the Bible says God knows the end from the beginning. All the things that gave us fear and anxiety, He knew how to quell them. So, the election came and the election has gone. We heard the result.

“The pronouncement of President Goodluck Jonathan conceding defeat to Gen. Buhari is significant and gets to be written in the book of records, not just in Nigeria, but in the whole world. As you can see, many people have been sending goodwill messages to Nigeria, appreciating what President Jonathan did. This is the first time a sitting president, who conceded defeat, has acknowledged that defeat and congratulated his opponent,” he stated.

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