General Overseer of the Synagogue
Church Of All Nations, Prophet TB Joshua
is not one who talks with the media
unless it is important. In this latest
interview, he warns politicians not to
derail the nation’s democracy. He spoke
with Tai Anyanwu on the State of the
Nation and the battle ahead. Excerpts...
There are so many troubles in Nigeria
today, problems with insecurity,
threats to national unity and political
manoeuvres by rival political parties.
What are your comments concerning
these troubled times in the country?
It is a normal thing for a country that has
a bright future, God’s promise. A bright
future always attracts persecution,
condemnation and enemies when it’s
realised that the future is bright; you will
see a lot of pressures and threats. The
country is on the path to greatness; it will
compete with any Western nation in the
future and the Western nations know that
Nigeria is going to be a giant. The
greatness will still come but for the
coming generation
With the turbulence being experienced
in some states of the federation; and
the election just around the corner,
how will things play out?
Elections will not happen in some states
because of the frequent attacks. This
could affect between three to four states.
The states would be a no-go area due to
violence and elections would not take
place in those states unless we move
closer to God. We must intensify our
prayers. This is what God has showed me
and you can imagine what would happen
if elections don’t hold in those states. It
would have great implication for our
democracy.
How should we manage it?
We should not allow the politicians to
politicise all the areas of our lives. For
example if you want to enjoy anything,
you have to be part of their party – to get
a job, etc. Unless you are part of their
party, you cannot benefit from things that
should be available to you as a citizen.
Look at electricity, health etc. - they have
politicised everything. Even religion has
been politicised; Christianity has been
politicised. Politicians go to church; the
pulpit is where they campaign now.
Even they go to churches and mosques to
bomb them. These are people in church
who had gone to pray for themselves.
Must everybody become a politician? How
we handle the situation at hand now
matters. If the situation is not well
managed, we will find ourselves
postponing the great Nigeria, meaning we
will not witness it but it would be
witnessed by our children.
Don’t let us politicise every area of our
lives. Let us carefully play our politics with
keen decency because 2015 matters in the
history of Nigeria. It is either we cross the
bridge successfully or it collapses. A good
Nigerian that wants this greatness should
be able to pay whatever proper price that
is needed to be paid to make this dream
of a great Nigeria possible. If your being
in politics will make this greatness come,
then join. From now to 2015 is a very
important period in the history of Nigeria
and if we don’t manage the situation well,
our democracy would be rubbished.
How do you mean … that our
democracy would be rubbished?
A situation where there would be
lawlessness – lawlessness in the sense
that the law would not be capable of
guiding us because of the pros (for) and
cons (against) as contained in the law.
That would now take so much time which
would lead Nigeria to a discussion table.
Where would you and I be at that time?
What can you say about APC and PDP?
In body we can call it APC and PDP but in
spirit, they are one and the same thing. I
am yet to see the difference. I am looking
forward to seeing the difference.
The president has just suspended
Sanusi Lamido and people are saying
he is being witch-hunted because of his
revelation on $20bn missing oil money.
What is your take on this?
There are some agencies that are
technical. CBN is one of the agencies that
we should not play politics with or
politicise. One, the head of the agency
should do away with politics; the
president should also not play politics
with the agency.
With the situation in Nigeria today and
the agitation on 2015, what advice do
you have for politicians not to create
more tension in the polity and what is
the way out?
The advice; many of us need to leave
politics while many others need to join, in
order to inject fresh blood. The people
that need to leave politics are not the
common people. This is in order to avert
the disaster that could rubbish our
democracy
The Synagogue is now like a tourist
centre; what’s happening here that is
different from what is happening in
other churches?
There is nothing happening here that is
different from other living churches. If
there is any difference, it is the availability
of abundance of anointing to meet needs.
Where there is demand, there is supply,
says the Lord.
Source: NEW TELEGRAPH
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