2023: Pastor urges Christians to engage in active politics, elect quality leaders

Pastor Andy Osakwe has called on Christians to take part in active politics to ensure the emergence of quality leaders in the country during the 2023 general elections.

Osakwe who is in charge of The Summit Bible Church, made the call in an interview with newsmen on Sunday in Abuja after the Church’s 2022 youth conference with the theme, “Take a stand”.

He said good governance and positive changes in the country would only occur when the right people were elected.

The clergyman added that the Church had invested in the Nigeria project and believed that God would turn the country’s situation for the better.

Osakwe said that the conference was to sensitise the youth to the qualities needed for building a great nation, as the country prepares to elect new leaders in 2023.

He added that the conference also focused on the imperatives of righteousness and patriotism, engaging in governance and public service.

The clergyman said discussions also centred on electing morally sound and competent people who would chart a new course for a great and prosperous Nigeria.

In his words, “This generation conference is an annual project of building leadership foundation.

“It is an intergenerational movement of progressive minds; people who genuinely desire to see Nigeria make its much-needed progress.

“The project envisions a highly developed and prosperous Nigeria founded on righteousness by a visionary and creative generation.

“We believe that the nation-building process requires that we have a transformed people, producing transformed leaders who will reform and transform Nigeria into greatness.”