Former President of the Senate, Dr David Bonaventure Mark, has said Nigeria needs divine intervention of the myriads of socio-economic and political problems facing the country.
Accordingly, the former president of the senate, urged Nigerians to use the forthcoming yuletide to pray for the peace and unity of the nation in order to overcome the problems.
Mark, who stated this in Abuja Sunday while addressing Nigerian pilgrims before their departure to Jerusalem, believed that with prayers, commitment and honesty of purpose, Nigeria could surmount the challenges.
He said despite the seemingly difficult nature of the problems that they were useful lessons for greater future if Nigerians learnt from them.
Senator Mark told them to put Nigeria first, saying “the nation needs divine intervention to conquer her problems”.
He reminded those in authorities to ensure justice and fairness in all their dealings, “because justice and equity promotes peace and unity”.
He counselled the pilgrims to be good Ambassadors of Nigeria in the Holy land by obeying the laws of the host nation.
Senator Mark also reminded them that, going to Jerusalem was primarily a religious obligation and not an opportunity to engage in commerce or buying and selling.
He warned against absconding from the Holy land, saying, the consequences of such action would be unimaginable.
Earlier in his homily, Chaplain of St Mulumba Catholic Chaplaincy, Abuja, Rev Fr Innocent Jooji, told the pilgrims to be guided by rules of pilgrimage, reiterating that, “it is purely a religious experience to strengthen our faith in God”.
Jooji advised them to take experience seriously so that they would be the needed change agents that would facilitate positive development in Nigeria.
