This is the time for religious leaders to publicly endorse whomever they know is fit and competent to occupy whichever seat that is being contested for. This is not a time to speak in parables, “seat on the fence” or be diplomatic about your preferred candidate; it is a time to take an open stand and stand by it and make it known to your followers.
For a country like Nigeria where there are the world’s biggest and largest churches and the world’s richest pastors as citizens of the country, religious leaders wield a lot of influence and power in the happenings of the society and also in the political scene.
Religious leaders’ (both Imams and pastors’) endorsement of their candidates has in most elections determined who wins or loses the election in the history of elections in Nigeria and that is why their open endorsements are important and always sought.
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Some churches in Nigeria boast of tens of millions of members and followers who worship their pastors as gods and will vote for whoever the pastor says is “God’s chosen or God anointed” in this coming election and this will definitely determine the outcome of the election.
As a member, if your pastor or Imam is yet to say something about this coming election, ask that your spiritual father or your papa and mama in the Lord what the good Lord is saying about this coming election. Who is the “Lord’s chosen and the anointed one?
Religious leaders should not be sitting on the fence nor should they be quiet in this critical time, they should unashamedly and unapologetic endorse their candidates and tell their congregations who to vote and support.
Prayers do not change bad governance or influence policies, it is a political decision like voting during elections that changes government. It is time for pastors to come and enforce what they have been praying against and as well join hands in picking a better leader for Nigeria
Even the Bible said in Proverbs 29: 2 that When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn (KJV).
It is through votes that religious leaders ensure that a wicked person is not elected; it is not by prayer and fasting.
Do not sit on the fence If you wield much influence in society; now is the time to utilize your influence to make change tilt in your favour and in the favour of your followers. As a celebrity with large followers, now is time to utilize your celebrity status to elect a leader your feel is more competent and more qualified for the seat, as a religious leader with large cult followers, now is time to guild your members on who to vote for, you should not only brainwash your members when it is time to make them pay tithe and offerings; as a thought leader with a large audience, now it’s time to make you stand known, as a traditional ruler, your people are waiting for you to say something to know who they will vote for.
Some people will not vote unless they are asked to vote and who to vote for by their leaders, this is how important your public declaration is, do not disappoint those who are looking up to you.