Senior Pastor of Fountain of Life Church, Ilupeju, Lagos, Taiwo Odukoya, has attributed part of the country’s problems to the recycling of leadership.

The clergy made the remark at a Sunday sermon entitled ‘God of Increase 2’.

Speaking from Ephesians chapter 4 verses 14, which reads: “That we should no longer be children tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men in cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting,” Pastor Odukoya said the system has proved that it is not workable.

“The problem of Nigeria is that we have a system where a nation is ruled by the same sets of people who recycle themselves from army to the executive and then to Senate,” he said.

He noted that if younger people are not given a chance to assume the mantle of leadership, the trend of leadership recycling will continue until something is done.

“I am waiting for a time where the country will be ruled by a 40-year-old, otherwise, the way it is going Nigeria will end up being ruled by a 90-year-old,” he said, adding that, “the thing is that, such system cannot hold for long because, it does not conform to kingdom principle.”

The clergy however said prayer is one way, by which the desired change can be experienced in the country.

“The truth is that people go to church only on Sundays, then after two hours they get angry, yet they can visit native doctors all through the week.

“A lot of them run to prayer contractors who tell them lies and make all kind of prophesies especially of death, with many conflicting each other and creating confusion in the land. If you cannot put the house in order, don’t tear it down,” he advised.

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