Adeboye Identifies Reasons For Nigeria’s Economic Woes

<p><em>Adeboye Identifies Reasons<&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that the General Overseer of Redeemed Christian Church of God&comma; RCCG&comma; Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye on Sunday lamented the high rate of debt service in Nigeria&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Pastor Adeboye said he asked an expert what it costs to service Nigeria’s debt and was shocked that over 90&percnt; was spent to service debts&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Daddy G&period;O said this while preaching during a special prayer for Nigeria organised by the national headquarters of <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;vanguardngr&period;com&sol;">RCCG&comma;<&sol;a> Throne of Grace Parish in Ebute-Meta&comma; Lagos&period; Adeboye pointed a finger at the nation’s economists as part of the challenges facing the country&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;He however urged them to take a different path in the management of the nation’s economy&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;In his words&colon; <em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;When God has a hand the affairs of a nation&comma; He can turn the tide economically&period; If we have a problem in our nation now&comma; it has to do with economists&period; Like I asked when I was asked to preach in Abuja&comma; I asked those who understand the economic language that what do they mean by &OpenCurlyQuote;how much do we need to service our debt&quest;&comma;’ they said that is the interest to pay and they said what we need to pay to keep the debt breathing is about 98&percnt; of our income&comma; <strong>haaa&comma;<&sol;strong> we have problems&period; And that we are still borrowing a little more&comma; &lpar;he laughs&rpar;&period;<&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;Praying Nigeria will surmount current travails&comma; emerge in victory&comma; Pastor Adeboye said despite the challenges facing the nation&comma; Nigeria will overcome its problems&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;He said&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Whether you like it or not&comma; one way or the other&comma; Nigeria will survive&period; Very soon this country will be another testimony to the world&comma; I believe Nigeria but just beginning&comma; it is well with us&period;<&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Have we problems in our nation&comma; you have to be dead to be believe that we have none or blind&period; We have problems and quite a few&period; When you find yourself in a situation that you know you cannot fight the battle&comma; then call on the Lord of Host&period; When God is involved&comma; He will fight the battle in a manner that everybody will know that this can only be God&period;<&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;In the mighty name of Jesus&comma; very soon&comma; all the acts of terrorism&comma; banditry&comma; all kinds evil happening in our nation will end very soon”&period;<&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;Speaking on the theme of the Thanksgiving service&colon; &OpenCurlyQuote;Divine Involvement’&comma; the revered cleric said&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;When God gets involved in the affair of a nation&comma; that would put an end to terrorism&period; We all know our problems&comma; the kidnappers are not just kidnapping people on the roads anymore&comma; they are going into the houses of rulers&comma; kidnapping traditional rulers&period; In Yoruba land for example that is sacrilegious to touch a ruler&period; When I was younger&comma; if you see kabiyesi coming you move aside&comma; you don’t even want his dress to touch you because there is so much power&comma; aura of majesty around&period; So to go and kidnap a ruler&quest; That is about to end”<&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;When God is involved in the matter of a nation&comma; it’s to take the people from pandemic&period; When the Covid-19 pandemic broke&comma; the World Health Organisation said Africans would be dying like chicken&period;<&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Even one big man of God said before July&comma; many people would be dying in Lagos State&comma; that thousands of people would die&period;<&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I cried to God for intervention because the elders have a proverb that says&comma; the cow that had no tail&comma; it is God who will help in chasing away the flies&period; We have no help but You help us&period; And He &lpar;God&rpar; spoke and said&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Son I have heard you&period; Only those whose time has come will die”&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;