The National Chairman of the Labour Party (LP), Julius Abure, has called on Nigerians to let the lessons learnt from the birth of Jesus Christ guide their individual lives, arguing that the political class in the country was truncating God’s will for Nigeria.

Abure said that Christ came to make the world a better place but that the purpose is being defeated by the misdeeds of men.

According to him, the destiny of nations is being changed by men in the position of authority and the will of God is being continuously subverted by those he described as power hijackers.

“Nigeria is an example of a nation which God created and ensured that abundance of deposits of resources are huge enough to make us a giant nation.

“Nigeria must have been created as a perfect example of ‘heaven on earth’ but leadership has remained the bane and today, in spite of the abundance of resources, Nigeria is ranked as one of the poorest nations in the world.

“Today, most Nigerians would be celebrating the Christmas on empty stomach due to bad leadership,” he stated.

He said that the question has always been what happens after the yuletide when the current transport palliative scheme would have ceased to function.

“Would government also subsidise transport system in Nigeria as it boasted months ago? Schools will be opening in early January, how do the poverty stricken Nigerian grapple with that chaos waiting to happen?

“Did it ever occur to this government that a good percentage of those Nigerians travelling may never return to their base due to economic strangulation perpetuated by this government as one of its economic policies?

“In all these uncertainty facing millions of Nigeria, I will still wish Nigerians a happy celebration and also plead with them to keep faith alive because a new Nigeria is not just possible but is already on the horizon,” Abure stressed. (THISDAY)

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