The federal government said a new constitution that would return the country to regional government is in the works.
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu disclosed this by proxy at the Mike Okonkwo Annual Lecture held in Lagos in honour of the Presiding Bishop of The Redeemed Evangelical Mission (TREM), Dr. Mike Okonkwo, on his 80th birthday.
“The regional government is what we must return to. And of course, constitutional review is on like you have said. Very soon, Nigeria will have a new constitution,” the Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Christian Pilgrims Commission, Bishop Stephen Adegbite, who represented the President at the occasion stated.
Former Vice President Yemi Osinbajo in the keynote lecture he delivered, accused the church of shirking its responsibility of speaking truth to power, alleging it of turning itself to yes-men to politicians.
“There is only one group of people that the Bible says God will hold accountable for the destiny of their nations. It is not the politicians, it is not businessmen, it is Christians.
“No wonder the gospel has not had the same transformative effect on our society and government as it did on Western civilisation,” Osinbajo said.
