•Insists country’ll be
better when restructured
By Chinyere
Anyanwu and Published by Jerry, E....
A cleric, Prophet Collins Timothy, of
Olive Mountain of Prayer and Praise Ministries, Ijegun, Lagos, has reiterated
the essence of Nigeria unity. He said this on the sidelines of his ministry’s
2017 Annual Women Convention themed, “Are You Prepared for the Second Coming of
the Lord?”
The minister who
believes in the oneness of Nigeria said there was no need to split the country,
saying that a restructured country would be better.
“We met this nation
this way; let’s build it and repair it. What we need is restructuring. We
should throw away tribalism because one of the problems that is about to come
unto this nation is going to be because of tribalism.
“We should see
ourselves as one, whether one is Igbo, Hausa or Yoruba; we are one; it is one
flesh, one blood. No matter who is at the top, let others support him to
restructure and build the nation.”
Prophet Timothy, who
lamented the seeming lack of concern for the challenges facing the poor in the
country by governments at various levels, and the selfishness of wealthy
Nigerians who stash money abroad, stated that the problems of poverty,
high-level insecurity and unemployment could be tackled adequately if
government and individuals invested in industries.
“They are talking
about hate speech, that’s not the main problem. The problem is that government
has not identified and addressed the need of the people; so people must talk
because of the problems they are facing.
“There is no
employment. The money that government ought to invest in building industries
and generating jobs is being taken out of the country. If those with this money
can invest it in industries and employ our youths, Nigeria will be better.
There won’t be hate speeches and killings. So let the government see the
masses’ needs and meet those needs.”
Speaking on the
agitations for self actualisation by different interest groups in the country,
Prophet Timothy noted the need for dialogue between the Federal government and
the agitators, saying: “Killing Biafrans and militants from the Niger Delta is
not the solution. The best thing is to negotiate with them. That’s the only way
government can overcome the problem.”
Explaining the theme
of the convention, Timothy said: “This year’s programme is different from
previous ones; it deals with an entirely different issue. Before now, the
convention dwelt on issues pertaining to family life. But this year, we are
talking about preparing souls for the second coming of Christ.
“With the way satanic
kingdom is spreading, people need to realise that we are not here on earth to
kill, destroy and commit evil. We are created for a purpose and that purpose
needs to be fulfilled before the second coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. So,
this programme is geared towards winning souls.
“The programme also
aims at making our women to build their families and our men to know that they
need to build their homes and to be prepared for Jesus.”
President of the Women
Fellowship of the church, Pastor (Mrs.) Rosemary Timothy, corroborated her
husband on the target of the programme. She said several revelations of the
second coming of Christ she had informed the focus of the convention.
“For some months now,
all my revelations have been about the second coming of Christ. I once saw
heaven torn into two with a great noise. I was shouting to people around to
look up but everyone was busy with what they were doing, selling their wares;
nobody listened to me. This was an obvious sign that Jesus Christ is coming
back again.
“Things that have not
been happening before are now happening. These revelations formed the theme of
this programme.”
Mrs Timothy who
advised Christian women, to wake up from their spiritual slumber and be up for
God, regretted that in the church today, many people didn’t have time for God
anymore.
“Christian women are
no longer serious about God. Their concern now is largely about themselves;
they wear what they are not supposed to wear because they want to keep their
marriages. They’ll say they are doing what they are doing because their
husbands were having extramarital affairs so they wanted to dress to prevent
them from straying.
“Salvation is
personal. The only thing they can do is to pray for the salvation of their
husbands. If their husbands have gone astray you too should not go astray.”
The women fellowship
president therefore enjoined the women to be prayerful because with prayer they
could control any situation. “There is power in prayer. With prayer, they can
turn their husbands from their negative lifestyles.”
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