Some Nigerians have taken over role of God, says Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday said a good number of Nigerians have taken over the role of God by failing to put their faith in Him regarding the crisis in the country.

He spoke at the 11th National Prayer Breakfast organised by the Christian Legislators Fellowship of the National Assembly with the theme “Faith in a time of crisis.”

Buhari, who was represented by the Permanent Secretary, General Services Office, Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Dr Maurice Mbaeri, said sincere prayers would bring about the much-needed change in Nigeria.

He said: “The theme of this year’s national prayer breakfast, ‘Faith in the Time of Crisis’, clearly speaks to what we need as individuals and as a collective in these times when most Nigerians seem to have forgotten their faith because it appears that we are facing insurmountable hurdles.

“However, in actual fact, a good number of Nigerians have taken over the role of God by failing to place their trust in Him and placing it entirely on themselves and other men.

“Of course it is very difficult to keep faith in times of crisis, especially when all we think we can do and agree as humans, and most especially policy makers, is not yielding the desired results of calming the stormy waves. As such we begin to ask God, where are you? We begin to debate whether there is need to trust God.”