Senior Pastor of the Shepherd House International church, Rev. Joshua Talena, has admonished President Muhammadu Buhari against attacking critics of his government’s policies.
Speaking during a service to celebrate media practitioners in Abuja, on Sunday, Talena advised Buhari not to take critics of his administration as enemies, but to rather make critical amendments that will improve the country.
Talena said the President should humble himself to receive divine solutions to the country’s problems, adding that criticism was meant to help leaders become better.
Pointing out that, “The leadership of Nigeria is not humble to seek solution; they are not accessible for advice.
“Most time, my enemies give me more of the information I need to become better. So my advice to the president is not to attack people who criticise your policies, learn from your critics to become better. By so doing, we will get out of the recession.”
“The leadership of Nigeria must be humble before the nation can have a turnaround; the leaders must have a heart of God and make themselves available to God.
“There has always been famine in the bible but people have been able to come out through divine guidance, I am asking all media practitioners to ask God for idea and innovation and through that we will soon come out of the recession.”
He added that: “The media should stand for the truth no matter the pressure; the government spent $16b on electricity, we didn’t hold them accountable; media should change tactics and come out with a system that will change this nation.”
