It was Archbishop Benson Andrew Idahosa one of the founding fathers of Pentecostalism in Nigeria in those days of building relevance for the movement in Nigeria who sent a message to former President Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida, saying, tell Babangida if we can’t build Nigeria together, we can burn it together!
Pragmatism is at the soul of every successful nation building project. Our multi-ethnic, multi religious nature demands the same. We must know when to let go of our sentiments for nationhood and when to invest our biases for our common blessings.
At another occasion the late Archbishop said, “we have come a long way together, we have blamed ourselves enough, we have complained enough, we have cried enough, we have fought ourselves enough, we have hated ourselves enough. It is time to do what the Bible says. Let us rise up and build!
I will no longer be one that complains but a man that brings solutions!”
Pragmatism has marked my operation in the space; complaining and preferring solutions.
I am a Pentecostal without apologies. We are occupiers with CPFN in the room of faith, tenants with other Blocs in the house of CAN, citizens with others in the City and state of Lagos and Patriots we must remain in a Country we all must build into a nation or we shall perish fanning the embers of our different fires!
Click the link to read more from Dr Bolaji O. Akinyemi on PFN crisis been instigated by politicians in cassock.
https://www.bolajioakinyemi.com/pfn-can-our-room-our-house-our-city/
