Governor Makindeof Oyo State has congratulated Christians for witnessing another Easter season and asked them to use the special occasion to pray for Oyo State and Nigeria as well as its leadership.
According to the governor, it had become important to engage in more prayers and supplications for the country and the state amid current economic situations.
He equally charged Christians to imbibe the lessons of love and sacrificial living taught through Jesus Christ’s death and resurrection, saying it is important for Christians, now more than ever before, to put into practice the lessons of love and sacrificial living of Christ.
He prayed that God “grants us the opportunity to witness more of such occasion.”
The governor charged Christians to follow Christ’s examples of love, selflessness and sacrificial living, as exemplified by his death on the cross of Calvary and resurrection and advised residents of the state in general to be “vigilant and security-conscious as they celebrate Easter”, adding “As we always say, if they see something, they should say something, and as their government, we will continue to take action towards securing the state. Happy Easter.”
