Leaders of aviation agencies yesterday organised “National Aviation Prayers“ in Lagos to seek divine intervention on safety and other issues in the Aviation sector.
The national prayers was held at the Lagos Sheraton Hotel in Ikeja.
It was the first time agencies in sector gathered to seek divine solutions to the myriad of challenges facing the sector.
Muslim and Christian personnel in the sector attended the prayers to seek God help to turn around the fortunes of the sector.
It was organised by the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA), the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), the Nigerian College of Aviation Technology (NCAT), Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NIMET) and the Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB).
Setting the tone for the prayer session, NAMA’s Managing Director Nnamdi Udoh said the agencies deemed it necessary to seek divine help in the affairs of the sector to get better results.
Udoh said the national prayers would transform affairs of the sector this year.
NCAA’s Director-General Captain Fola Akinkuotu took the Bible reading from Psalms 103: 1- 22.
In his message, titled: When God’s People Pray, the guest pastor, Rev. Kalu Ukpai of The Presbyterian Church, Ojodu, said the aviation industry would experience great changes, if the players in the sector sought God’s help through prayers.
Ukpai urged the players in the sector to pray throughout the season to enable God turn things around.
He said Nigeria’s problem was traceable to the failure of leadership, as encapsulated by the pamphlet written by the late literary icon, Prof Chinua Achebe.
He said: ”When God’s people pray, errors in the system will be corrected. If Nigerians pray, heaven will cancel all evil plans.
“Fervent prayers will change the future of Nigeria.”

Rev. Kalu Ukpai of The Presbyterian Church, Ojodu, said the aviation industry would experience great changes, if the players in the sector sought God’s help through prayers.
Ukpai urged the players in the sector to pray throughout the season to enable God turn things around.

zicoraads: Waste of time and energy. This country is funny indeed..prayers for what exactly? We don't need prayers in this country concerning these sectors...what we need is action. Madam Stella Oduah has gone back to bizness and sm jobless pple are praying. That woman ought to have resigned or sacked. Na nky for naija we dey think say God go cum down cum solve our problems...jokers!

Brymo: Prayer changes things.

chiteny: Funny country, funny people. Even the bible says that faith (prayer included) without works is dead. After prayer what happens next? Everyone goes back to the same devilish attitude towards the sector by stealing looting and not paying attention to technical issues and expect a change? I seriously doubt that any change will come.

If God changes things in the aviation sector with people praying only and not doing any works in line with their prayer points, I will denounce my faith in God as he has gone against his words.