By Kenneth Onuoha
The Brotherhood of the Cross and Star (BCS), says Nigeria is divinely indivisible, in spite of her many challenges.
The spokesman of BCS, Elder Edet Archibong, said this on Tuesday, March 2, 2021, in Enugu during a press conference to usher in a week-long activities of the Association of Brotherhood Academic Scholars (ABAS) Peace March, Enugu 2021.
Archibong, who is a patriarch in BSC, said what Nigeria and Nigerians require is patience and with time most of the country’s challenges would gradually disappear naturally.
According to him, one of the greatest undoing of the country today is lack of patience over issues; and the people are over-agitating about things.
“His Holiness, Olumba Olumba Obu, has prophesied severally that Nigeria as a country remains a divine arrangement from God and no amount of challenges would destroy or divide it.
“But our basic problem as a people united by God in 1914 till day is impatience over issues.
“God did not only join us as a divine entity but gave Nigeria more than enough to survive and be the best in terms of wealth and human intellectual resources.
“Each of the 36 states and the FCT is naturally endowed with abundance of good things that would make our people wealthy and live above poverty line,’’ he said.
The spokesman said that with love, the nation can surmount most of its challenges and ensure that no Nigeria is left behind in our march to greatness as ordained by God.
“The lack of love among us all has brought us to where we are today. There is excessive greed and lack of consideration for the other man.
“If we can love our neighbours as ourselves and fear God in all our dealings, this country will be revived within a few years and we will take our rightful place in the world,’’ he said.
On the week-long ABAS Peace March, Enugu 2021; Archibong said that the theme of the Peace March is: “The Giver of Peace is Here on Earth’’, while the march will go with the slogan: ‘My Peace I Give Unto You’.
The programme will come to an end on Saturday, with a number of activities, including, an international peace march, international peace conference, special performance, poetry competition finals, Holy Father address and award ceremony.