Nigeria's Problem Is Increasing - President Goodluck Jonathan

President Goodluck Jonathan spoke at the last Sunday of the year service by the Christ Apostolic Church, Area 1, Durumi, Abuja where he admitted that Nigeria's problems were increasing Instead of abating.

He said , “One of the reasons I go round churches, at least in Abuja, is to thank my brothers and sisters for the prayers they have been having for the country, the government and I.

“We are facing a lot of challenges now as a nation. The challenges did not start today but somehow, instead of abating, the problems started increasing for one reason or the other.

“But I am convinced that it would have been worse than this but for your prayers. With the prayers you continue to offer to God, God will see us through.

“I always say that whenever I read the Bible, especially the Old Testament, particularly the journey of the Israelites from Egypt to the promised land, the kind of challenges they faced; their confrontations, the wars up to the days of King David, they were always fighting. You may need to ask, why should children of God continue to be fighting?

“I believe what is happening to us is not even as serious as sometimes the passages we read in the Bible and God saw them through.”

He promised that despite the challenges, his administration would continue to do its best to make the country a better place.

According to him, his government is set to introduce new policies that would change the nation’s fortunes positively.

He said “As a nation, we have not reached where we want to go, definitely not. But we are coming up with a number of policies.

‘‘Those who are taking pain to look at what we are doing will agree with us that if we progress as a nation steadily in this manner, in the next four or five years, this country will be a better place.