{"id":72741,"date":"2023-06-08T17:57:33","date_gmt":"2023-06-08T16:57:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=72741"},"modified":"2023-06-08T17:57:33","modified_gmt":"2023-06-08T16:57:33","slug":"cleric-admonishes-nigerians-on-post-election-healing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/cleric-admonishes-nigerians-on-post-election-healing\/","title":{"rendered":"Cleric Admonishes Nigerians On Post-election Healing"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">The Senior Pastor of Arrow Seeds International, Rev. Mike Nwimoh, has called for healing and forgiveness among Nigerians in the aftermath of the general elections in Nigeria.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Nwimoh made the call in an interview on Sunday in Lagos.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The cleric said that healing and forgiveness were essential ingredients that the country needs to bring together Nigerians of various creed, tongue and tribe to move the nation forward.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cNigerians must embrace forgiveness toward one another; forgiveness is to release a prisoner and then discover that you are the prisoner.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cHatred in your heart against anyone will lead to resentment which in extreme cases, could lead to violence and murder.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cThe same elites you are fighting for will deny you to maintain their reputation and send you to jail.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cUn-forgiveness is similar to drinking a killer poison while expecting another person to die; it is like pulling down a bridge you have passed through and will always need in your journey of life.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cLet&#8217;s genuinely forgive ourselves and forge ahead, an eye for an eye will make everyone a blind person,\u201d Nwimoh said.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">He said that Nigeria was in need of men and women who would break the cycle of retaliation.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cNigeria needs people who say though I have been injured and suffered for it, I will not inflict the same pain on anyone else.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0\u201cI won&#8217;t throw back the stone thrown at me.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cThese are things that can help us to get started on the road to healing the mind of the wounded, and also healing the conscience of the nation,\u201d Nwimoh said.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">He noted that the general elections saw the nation divided along ethnic, religious and political lines with unspeakable utterances that were capable of tearing the it apart.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">He said that those divisions were needless, adding that the challenges confronting the nation had no religious, tribal and political colouration.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cThis assertion is instantiated by the current fuel crisis occasioned by the subsidy removal.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cI am yet to see any fueling station dedicated to any ethnic or religious group, where they can buy fuel cheaper and supply readily available for them.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cWe all are going through the same pains,\u201d Nwimoh said.<\/div>\n<\/p><div data-ad-id=\"32665\" style=\"text-align:center; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px;float:none;\" class=\"afw afw_ad_image afw_ad afwadid-32665  \">\r\n                                                            <div style=\"font-size:10px;text-align:center;color:#cccccc;\">Advertisement<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.accessbankplc.com\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"auto\" max-width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Banner-1.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n                                                                        \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Senior Pastor of Arrow Seeds International, Rev. 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