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Abuja (Precise Post) – Senator Representing Imo West in the Red Chamber, Owelle Rochas Okorocha has stressed the need for all religions in the country to pray with one voice for the development of the nation.
He commended the Imo lawmaker for staying resolute and standing firm on his vision despite efforts to distract him.
By Kelechi Henry
Abuja (Precise Post) – Senator Representing Imo West in the Red Chamber, Owelle Rochas Okorocha has stressed the need for all religions in the country to pray with one voice for the development of the nation.
He gave the charge when he played host to the Nigerian Union of Journalist, FCT council who paid him a visit at the Unity house led by the Chairman of the Council, Emma Ogbeche.
Okorocha who recounted his plane crash ordeal in 1993 shortly after the hanging of Ken Saro-Wiwa and the Ogoni nine, recalled how Muslims and Christians chanted prayers in one voice shortly before the Nigerian airways Boeing 737 light went down at the Kaduna airport.
“I forsee the day that people will gather irrespective of religion and be praising God and shout in one voice”.
“I see us getting to that, we are passing through a difficult period in our nation there is no better time for the country to be one’’.
Our country needs prayers’
Speaking earlier, the Chairman of the FCT Council of the Nigerian Union of Journalist, NUJ, Emma Ogbeche commended Owelle Okorocha for his many efforts at transforming the lives of the ordinary Nigerian.
Speaking earlier, the Chairman of the FCT Council of the Nigerian Union of Journalist, NUJ, Emma Ogbeche commended Owelle Okorocha for his many efforts at transforming the lives of the ordinary Nigerian.
He commended the Imo lawmaker for staying resolute and standing firm on his vision despite efforts to distract him.
Highpoint of Tuesday’s meeting was the invitation extended to Senator Okorocha to appear as a Guest Speaker of the Unions special Edition, “The Conversation’ where issues of national development are tabled and discussed.
Ogbeche was confident that Owelle’s appearance on the Conversation will help put on the front burner issues of Nigeria’s development and further push the matter of Nigeria’s growth forward.
