The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has said the future of the country is uncertain, yet politicians are fighting over something that may never happen.
Adeboye who was speaking on the topic, ‘Great Expectations’, during the church’s November Thanksgiving service on Sunday, said no one is certain about the future of Nigeria and the 2023 elections.
He said while politicians are busy making plans ahead of 2023 elections, God may have a different plan for Nigeria in mind. He asked why anyone would say their ambition is to become the president when the individual is unsure about tomorrow or the continued existence of the country.
“This is 2021, some people are already getting ready to kill themselves over 2023. They don’t even know whether there will be 2023, they don’t even know whether they will still be around. There is nobody here who can say for sure that he will still be around by tomorrow. It is God who determines who will still be around by 2023.
“Someone said to me, sir, who do you think will be president in 2023, I said the president of where? He said the president of Nigeria. How are you sure there will be Nigeria in 2023? How are you sure? Can you swear? I pray there will be Nigeria, so you don’t misquote me. But are you sure?” he said.
Meanwhile, President of Arewa Youth Consultative Forum (AYCF), Yerima Shettima, has said the political year 2023, would be the end of old politicians who are over the age of 60.
Yerima who made the statement in Kaduna during an interactive session with journalists, said youths in the North are sticking with the position of a former Head of State, General Ibrahim Babangida (rtd), who advised Nigerians to look inward for a younger person as their president in 2023.
“We have made our position very clear that we will not pitch our tent with any old generation. This is not because it is not their right to contest, but you can rest assured that we will only campaign for young generations.
“We will be looking forward to those that are in their 40s and 50s.
“We have been sensitising the youths on those who have been recycling themselves over and over again without being able to provide answers to our issues.
“So, we want to, for once, do it for ourselves and I am sure we have the strength to do it. We are looking inward for capable hands in the younger generation this time around,” he said.