The adage, ‘Failure is an orphan’ became so true at the Palm Sunday Church Service held at Villa Chapel, when only a handful of worshippers, joined President Goodluck Jonathan to worship.
Aside the choir and clerics, those in attendance did not exceed the first three roles on both sides while workers, few security aides and media personnel occupied the last roles behind.
Usually, the church, which is not really big, will be filled to the brim, with some spilling over to the adjoining space upstairs.
But yesterday, it was truly a solemn service attended mainly by few of the President’s aides, chairperson of the Civil Service Commission, Executive Secretary, National Christian Pilgrims Commission and a couple of visitors from the diplomatic community.
The guest minister, Revd William Okoye, who is the founding General Overseer of the All Christians Fellowship Mission, Abuja, said those alleging that President Jonathan had not performed in his four years in office were either being mischievous or economical with the truth as his achievements were glaring for all to see.
He noted that Nigerians had done their beat by voting, adding that the rest was now in God’s hands and going by the performance of President Jonathan, the result would be in his favour.
Okoye was the Chaplain of Aso Rock, Villa Chapel, Abuja, between 1999 and 2007. Speaking at the service at Villa Chapel, on the theme “Victory Rests with The Lord,” and using the pilot text Proverbs 21:31, he alluded to the Saturday presidential elections, saying there was nothing the Jonathan administration had not done to move the nation forward. He stated that those saying contrary were being mischievous or economical with the true.
In what was obviously a message to lift up the spirit of the congregation probably following the early result of the presidential elections that seemed to go the way of the opposition, Okoye said God puts people in authority, urging the congregation to give thanks no matter the outcome.
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