By Ayodele Abere
The former Governor of Ekiti State, Engr. Segun Oni, has urged Nigerians to be calm and prayerful as he said that the current hardship being experienced in the country will soon be over.
Oni stated this at a separate interview with journalists during the just concluded 8th edition of Methodist Church Christian Music Festival held in Aaye Ekiti, Ekiti State.
The former Governor who is opmistic that Nigerians shall all enjoy the gains of good governance being engineered by the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, said the new Nigeria that Nigerians are dreaming of will come to reality with the programmes of the present administration coming to fruition.
Citing the issue of exchange rate as an instance, “I personally changed some money during the week and I was surprised at the rate I exchanged the dollar. That means, the programmes of this present government are beginning to yield fruits and we can be confident now to recommend that it won’t be long that this hardship will soon be over. So I implore all our people to be calm and prayerful, very soon we shall all enjoy the gains of good governance by the present government. Said he.
Chief Oni further noted that it’s not the present Government that got it wrong. “We got it wrong longtime ago and these past governments were too afraid to correct some things which the present government is doing. The Federal Government is saying we must confront the problems, we know that there will be difficulties and some pains, but we must address them. I am very happy to see that before long, we are beginning to see the positive dividends of it. I will say let us keep our faith. Nigeria shall be good,” he said.
Commenting on the Music Festival held in honour of late Oba Samuel Adebanji Ilori, the Late Olorin of Orin, Segun Oni said the late Olorin, Oba Samuel Adebanji Ilori was a catechist who served the Lord diligently and faithfully during his lifetime and that his positive footprints have given cause for him to be celebrated even at death.
He added that because of his faith in God and devotion to Christianity at that period, it would have been difficult to conscript him to ascend the throne of Olorin of Orin without the cooperation of the late Arch. Bishop of Ilesha Diocese who was the first Bishop of Ekiti diocese, saying the late Olorin took royalty from priesthood.
“That’s why he was even more glorified in death. So we can say that we are celebrating a man like David, a royalty that was blessed by the hands of God”. The former governor explained.
