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President Donald Trump of the United States has told President Muhammau Buhari that his country will not accept the killing of Christians.

The American leader said this while playing host to his Nigerian counterpart at the White House on Monday.

“We have had very serious problems with Christians who are being murdered in Nigeria, we are going to be working on that problem very, very hard because we cannot allow that to happen,” Trump said.

On his part, Buhari said is working hard to address the problem.

He also thanked the US government for approving the sale of military hardware to Nigeria.

The clash between farmers and herdsmen took a different dimension when gunmen invaded a Catholic church in Benue state last week.

Two priests and 17 worshippers were shot dead.

Condemning the attack the Pope prayed for Christians while conducting a mass in Rome on Sunday.

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) had staged a nationwide protest against the killings on Sunday.

Poor Health Of Buhari Capable Of Throwing Nigeria Into Confusion As Political Manipulators Are Cashing In - Bisi Akande

Bisi Akande Urges Nigerians To Pray For Buhari, Warns Political Manipulators

BY SAHARAREPORTERS, NEW YORKMAY 01, 2017

In an emotional statement issued today, the founding National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, (APC) Chief Bisi Akande, urged Nigerians to pray fervently for President Muhammadu Buhari's health, warning of the “ugly consequences” of letting the president’s poor health throw Nigeria into confusion.


He also warned those persons who wish to harvest political gains out of Buhari’s condition that they are mistaken.

“This is not Nigeria of 1993,” he stressed. “We are in a new national and global era of constitutionalism and order. We hope Nigerians have enough patience to learn from history. My greatest fear, however, is that the country should not be allowed to slide into anarchy and disorder of a "monumental proportion."

A text of the statement:

AKANDE URGED NIGERIANS TO PRAY FOR PRESIDENT BUHARI's HEALTH

May 1, 2017

The founding National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, (APC) Chief Bisi Akande has urged Nigerians to pray fervently for President Muhammadu Buhari's health. The health of the leader is intricately intertwine with the health of the Nation. It is more so in a delicately fragile Union of Nations called Nigeria. I did not see President Buhari at the wedding of his grandson in Kaduna last Saturday. I was sad, and I wept.

When last we met at the wedding of his daughter in Abuja last December, I complained to him that I was not happy about his stressful looks. His reply connoted some allusions to circumstances where an honest man fighting corruption is surrounded mostly by unpatriotic, greedy ruling class. He felt painfully frustrated. He assured me he would soon be going on vacation. I then knew that corruption has effectively been fighting back. And I prayed for Nigeria. That was why Ashiwaju Bola Tinubu and I rushed to meet him in London in February this year when he was sick and could not return as scheduled from his vacation. The rest is history, but we must appreciate that his poor health is already taking a toll on the health of Nigeria as a polity.

There are two challenges facing the country today. The first and most critical is the health of the President which, unfortunately, is a development beyond his control and for which we did not prepare. The second is the disorder and lack of cohesion between the National Assembly and the Presidency. These are two great red flag dangers that have the potential of plunging the country into unprecedented chaos and of destabilising the gains of democracy since 1999," The greatest danger, however is for political interests at the corridor of power attempting to feast on the health of Mr. President in a dangerous manner that may aggravate the problems between the Executive and the National Assembly without realizing if, in the end, it could drag the entire country into avoidable doom.

As delicately fragile the Union of Nations making up Nigeria, so delicately fragile the democracy and the rule of laws governing the polity of the Union called Nigerian Federation. Certain Nigerian leaders, having been blindfolded by corruption, assume the possibility of using money in manipulating the national security agencies to intimidate, suppress and hold down certain ethnic nationalities or playing one ethnic nationality against the other with a view to undermining the constitution and perversely upturning the rule of law. To avoid the ugly consequences of letting President Buhari's ailments throw Nigeria into confusion, I am urging all Nigerians to begin to pray for his divine healing and perfect recovery.

Let me warn today that those who wish to harvest political gains out of the health of the President are mistaken. This is not Nigeria of 1993. We are in a new national and global era of constitutionalism and order. We hope Nigerians have enough patience to learn from history.

My greatest fear, however, is that the country should not be allowed to slide into anarchy and disorder of a "monumental proportion."

Chief Bisi Akande
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If Mahama is Goodluck Jonathan then Nana is Buhari – and look what he has done to Nigeria!
In an article widely circulated yesterday, an Islamic cleric likened Pres Mahama to Goodluck Jonathan and predicted he would lose the election like Goodluck did.

If that is the case, then Nana Addo is Buhari. Look at how he has crippled Nigeria and its economy in one year. Is that what Ghanaians want?  Is this the change the NPP are offering? If Nigeria is an example, then we should learn by their mistakes and ensure we don’t follow their path!

In the 2015 Nigerian elections, Buhari campaigned in Nigeria on “Change” and Nigeria was caught up in the fever of the opportunity.

They wanted to believe the ‘change’ promised was a change from ‘poor-performance’ to ‘performance’; from ‘no infrastructure’ to ‘infrastructure’; from an ailing economy to one of robust health; from constant failure to repair the nation’s power situation to a final arrival at non-interrupted light; from a challenged education system to a revitalised one.

Does this sound familiar? It should. It sounds very similar to the NPP campaign today. It is the very same thing Nana Addo and the NPP are promising, yet where have these promises landed Nigeria?

During the Nigerian elections the NPP were quick to align the similarities between Nana Addo and Buhari – both 72, both had lost previous presidential elections, both claimed to be the change their country needs.

The NPP boldly claimed Ghana must follow the path of Nigeria to Change!

Yet take a look at where Nigeria is today. Today their economy has collapsed, they are in recession. Their currency has collapsed. Foreign companies and their investment have fled – 400 gone to date.

Millions are starving, their education system is worse off now than it was a year ago. Corruption is still rife. Electricity supply and infrastructure is worse now than it has been in generations. The poor, middle class and wealthy are suffering.

Unemployment is spiraling out of control with millions unemployed and there is no real end in sight. Dangote used to be the richest man in Africa – and Nigeria was a PROUD country – the fastest growing Economy in Africa. Not anymore – Thanks Buhari!

Is this the change you want to see in Ghana?

Is this the Ghana the NPP is going to create?

If Mahama is Goodluck then Nana is Buhari. If the NPP wins, will Nana and his policies cripple Ghana the way Buhari has Nigeria?

 The NPP is campaigning on the same issues: corruption and how bad President Mahama is – “Solutions not promises” they say.

Are the solutions they are offering going to take Ghana down the same path as Nigeria?

When you consider your vote and voting for “Change” – think very carefully. The economy is growing; infrastructure is being developed; power is being supplied and the NDC has a clear plan to supply power for generations to come. Education is being uplifted, jobs are being created. Our nation is getting the healthcare system it deserves. We have clean water and food!

Today Moody’s ratified that the NDC economic policies are working by moving the rating from negative to stable.

Do you dare waste your vote and take a risk on Nana who once praised Buhari and insisted Ghana must follow Nigeria – a man whose campaign and promises are scarily similar to that of the leader of the failing state – Nigeria?

Do you dare waste your vote on a promise of change that could cripple Ghana?

Or do you vote for a party and President who have built a significant foundation for Ghana’s future.

Be careful with your vote – Nigerians today will warn you – be careful what you wish for!

We feel for our brothers and sisters in Nigeria today and we hope that we as Ghanaians will learn from their mistakes!