By Stanley Nwanosike
Very Rev. Joel Okorie, the Synod Secretary of Methodist Diocese of Enugu, has urged Nigerians to vote according to their conscience and not mortgage the country’s future through inducement by politicians.
“Our people should shun self-centred politicians who do have their development at heart but seek power for their personal gains,” Okorie said in Enugu on Tuesday.
The cleric was reacting to previous wrong choices made by the electorate due to lack of information and outright monetary and material inducement.
Okorie, who is also the Presbyter of City Central Circuit, Enugu, said he had been in the forefront of admonishing members of his congregation on voting wisely and with a clear conscience.
“We cry after elections, forgetting that we might have mortgaged our future.
`So, I think this is the right time for us to make the right decision.
“I have even told my church members and the people that everybody should go and get voters card.
“With your cards, you cast your vote according to your conscience for people who will actually perform.
“So, my expectation is that let everybody go out to vote and vote rightly.
“And I believe that the issue of thwarting the votes we have cast will not recur; we will be watching it until the results are announced.
“I believe that God is going to surprise Nigerians in the year 2019 general elections because some people might think that with what they did before, they can also go on and do that again.
“ But it will not work for them this time around,’’ he said.
The cleric also noted that the church had been praying that God should cause selfless and committed leaders to emerge in the forthcoming general elections.
“I have also been praying that God will raise leaders that will make judicious use of the wealth and funds of the country,’’ he added. (NAN)
