{"id":6486,"date":"2025-08-19T14:38:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T14:38:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/?p=6486"},"modified":"2025-08-19T14:47:01","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T14:47:01","slug":"ibb-urges-religious-bodies-to-pray-for-continued-existence-of-nigeria-its-christians-muslims-prayers-that-unit-nigerians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/2025\/08\/19\/ibb-urges-religious-bodies-to-pray-for-continued-existence-of-nigeria-its-christians-muslims-prayers-that-unit-nigerians\/","title":{"rendered":"IBB urges religious bodies\u00a0 to pray for\u00a0  Continued existence of Nigeria\u00a0  &#8230;&#8230;Its Christians, Muslims prayers that\u00a0 unit Nigerians\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>By Uthman-Baba Naseer<\/p>\n<p>Nigeria\u2019s former Military President, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida has called on religious bodies not to relent in their prayers for the continued existence of Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>While thanking the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) Niger state chapter led by the Chairman, Most Rev. Dr. Bulus Dauwa Yohanna for their visit and prayers in honour of his 84th birthday at his uphill mansion in Minna, he said that, the prayers of both faiths is what is keeping the country together.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI really appreciate you (CAN), for the prayers. I must tell you that the prayers of both faiths, the Christians and Muslims have been very effective and it is what is keeping the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI urge you to maintain the relationship in the general interest of the country and the people of the country\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He further called for a more cordial relationship saying \u201cI want you to maintain the sustained relationship because it is very important for the betterment of our development as a country. And the unity and existence of the country lies in the hands of Christians and Muslims\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in his remarks, State Chairman of CAN, who is also the Catholic Bishop of Kontagora Diocese commended the former Military President for his life which he said has continued to be enriched by the love and admiration of everyone.<\/p>\n<p>Represented by Rev. Joshua Markus the State Vice Chairman, Bishop Yohanna while saying General Babangida\u2019s remarkable vision and contributions resonate across various sectors, prayed the Almighty God to grant him good health and fulfilment in the years to come.<\/p>\n<p>Highlight of the meeting was a special prayer on behalf of the entire Christendom for a year filled with blessings and continued impact on Nigeria.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; By Uthman-Baba Naseer Nigeria\u2019s former Military President, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida has called on religious bodies not to relent in their prayers for the continued existence of Nigeria. While thanking the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) Niger state chapter led by the Chairman, Most Rev. Dr. Bulus Dauwa Yohanna for their visit and prayers [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6488,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[4136,3932,863,4139,4135,4137,4138],"class_list":["post-6486","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","tag-christendom","tag-continued","tag-contributions","tag-contributions-resonate","tag-existence","tag-fulfilment","tag-resonate"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6486","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6486"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6486\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6487,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6486\/revisions\/6487"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}