Insecurity: Apostolic Youth Movement Sends Stern Message To FG

By UbongAbasi Ise

The National Youth Movement of The Apostolic Church Nigeria has come out to express worries over the persisting Fulani herdsmen crisis and the continued stay of Leah Sharibu in the custody of Boko Haram as well as general insecurity situation threatening the future of the youth in the country.

The leadership of the movement, following its five days' National Youth Leaders Prayer Retreat, addressed a press conference  over weekend announcing that the youth of The Apostolic Church Nigeria are the youth of the society and would not look the other way while the security crisis in the country rages on.

While addressing the press, the National Youth Leader of the movement, Apostle (Barr.) S.B. Inyang, stated the readiness of the Apostolic youth to play a part in stemming the tides of herdsmen crisis as well as joining hands in resolving other pressing issues heating up the polity, while charging  all Christians in the country to come together and assist the government in proffering solutions to many problems confronting the nation in order to save the future of the youth from being destroyed.

"We will not close our eyes to the herdsmen crisis and other controversies that are heating up the system. While calling for peace, we are enjoining all churches and various denominations, our Christian leaders to pray and to preach peace, harmony in the system. It is the only country that we have. If this country is destroyed, the future and destiny of our youth will be destroyed. So we call our leaders to come together as a body to earnestly pray and assist the government anywhere to proffer solution to problems confronting this nation," he said.

The leader of National Youth Movement of The Apostolic Church Nigeria also reacted to the failure of the federal government to free Leah Sharibu from the custody of Boko Haram militants that abducted her on February 19, 2018 alongside 111 of her fellow students from Government Girls Science and Technical Secondary School in Dapchi, including another schoolboy. Others had long been released, while Leah Sharibu is still in the terrorists’ custody reportedly because of her insistence not to let go her Christian faith.

According to Apostle (Barr.) S.B. Inyang, “the case of one Leah Sharibu should not be ignored. She represents the face of the youth; she represents our Christian faith. We are made to understand that she is there because of her faith. As Christian youth, we are touched by her steadfastness. So we therefore call on the federal government to do everything possible to facilitate her release.”

Inyang said the youth, during the five-day retreat, took into consideration various issues affecting the security of the country and called on the federal government to protect the lives of the youth as they are the strength of this nation.

“It is the function of every government to protect lives and properties of its citizens. So we are calling on the federal government to protect the lives of our youth, some of whom have become victims of violence, terrorism of various kinds, violation and abuse. Of course you would agree with me that majority of these people are within the age bracket of 15 to 35 and we are losing out. This represents the strength of this nation. We cannot afford to allow the situation to continue. While praying for peace in this nation, we are calling on the government at the federal and the state levels to go all out to protect the lives of our youth,” said Inyang.

The Apostolic youth leader the country to believe in the youth given their creativity and ingenuity saying they are not lazy but productive if given opportunity to prove themselves.

“We call on our fathers to believe in us the youth. Youth of this nation are not lazy, rather, they are productive, creative, and very intelligent and could be successful if given opportunity to prove themselves,” he said.

Apostle (Barr.) S.B. Inyang said the National Youth Movement is the creation of The Apostolic Church Nigeria through its leadership in November 2018 to manage the affairs of the youth in the country. According to him, “the youth of The Apostolic Church are equally the youth of the society. To regulate the affairs of The Apostolic youth is also to regulate the affairs of the youth in the larger society.”

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