Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has come out to say that Nigeria is in need of urgent divine intervention if we plan to prevail over developmental and security challenges under Buhari and APC.
He also said Rivers has rejected any settlement scheme for herdsmen in the state because Rivers lands will not be used for those kinds of ventures right now.
His words, “God loves Nigeria. If not for God, there will be no Nigeria. With what we are seeing, we need God’s serious intervention. We need men of God to continue to pray for this country.
“Like I said, Rivers State will not participate in any settlement programme for herdsmen by whatever name it is called. I speak as the Governor of Rivers State.
“If they want water for the cattle, they can lay pipes from the Bonny Ocean to the far north for the Cattle. That is what we can contribute. We don’t have lands for any settlement scheme. Our land is for commercial agriculture “.
“As a Governor of the State, this is a Christian State. When you take a population count, 99 percent of our people are Christians. We have other people here, but we are predominantly Christians. I have no apologies to anyone, Rivers State is a Christian”
“I want to use this opportunity to say that whatever is coming from those youths in the north is not a representation of the north. I want to take advantage of my visit to appeal to the Federal Government through you that people who are going to this extreme should be arrested. If Government cannot call these people to order, it means we have a lawless society. It means we don’t have a government.”
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