TB Joshua- PDP And APC Are One And The Same In Spirit

Prophet T.B Joshua, the general
overseer of the Synagogue Church of All
Nations has given his opinion on the
2015 elections saying the exercise may
fail to happen in a few states battling
against the menace of Boko Haram.

Joshua also spoke about the
relationship between the Peoples
Democratic Party and the opposition
All Progressives Congress saying they
are similar in spirit.

Read excerpts of the interview below:

There are so many troubles in Nigeria
today, problems with insecurity, threats
to national unity and political
manoeuvres by rival political parties.
What are your comments concerning
these troubled times in the country?

It is
a normal thing for a country that has a
bright future, God’s promise. A bright
future always attracts persecution,
condemnation and enemies when it’s
realised that the future is bright; you will
see a lot of pressures and threats.

The
country is on the path to greatness; it
will compete with any Western nation in
the future and the Western nations know
that Nigeria is going to be a giant.

That
is why their support in these trying
times is needed. There is no country that
has not passed through this. All the
countries that have become great today,
they all passed through turbulence that
nearly consumed them. How we
manage the situation matters. If we
don’t manage it well, we will not
witness the greatness. It is not that the
greatness would not come but it would
not be for our generation. The greatness
will still come but for the coming
generation.

With the turbulence being experienced in
some states of the federation; and the
election just around the cornerly, how do
you think this will play out?

Elections will not happen in some states
because of the frequent attacks. This
could affect between three to four
states. The states would be a no-go
area due to violence and elections would
not take place in those states unless we
move closer to God. We must intensify
our prayers. This is what God has
showed me and you can imagine what
would happen if elections don’t hold in
those states. It would have great
implication for our democracy.

How should we manage it?

We should not allow the politicians to
politicise all the areas of our lives. For
example if you want to enjoy anything,
you have to be part of their party – to
get a job etc. Unless you are part of
their party, you cannot benefit from
things that should be available to you
as a citizen. Look at electricity, health
etc. – they have politicised everything.

Even religion has been politicised;
Christianity has been politicised.
Politicians go to church; the pulpit is
where they campaign now.
Even they go to churches and mosques
to bomb them. These are people in
church who had gone to pray for
themselves. Must everybody become a
politician?

How we handle the situation
at hand now matters. If the situation is
not well managed, we will find ourselves
postponing the great Nigeria, meaning
we will not witness it but it would be
witnessed by our children.
Don’t let us politicise every area of our
lives. Let us carefully play our politics
with keen decency because 2015
matters in the history of Nigeria. It is
either we cross the bridge successfully
or it collapses. A good Nigerian that
wants this greatness should be able to
pay whatever proper price that is
needed to be paid to make this dream of
a great Nigeria possible. If your being in
politics will make this greatness come,
then join. From now to 2015 is a very
important period in the history of
Nigeria and if we don’t manage the
situation well, our democracy would be
rubbished.

How do you mean … that our democracy
would be rubbished?

A situation where there would be
lawlessness – lawlessness in the sense
that the law would not be capable of
guiding us because of the pros (for) and
cons (against) as contained in the law.
That would now take so much time
which would lead Nigeria to a
discussion table.

Where would you and I
be at that time?

What can you say about APC and PDP?

In body we can call it APC and PDP but
in spirit, they are one and the same
thing. I am yet to see the difference. I
am looking forward to seeing the
difference.

The president has just suspended
Sanusi Lamido and people are saying
he is being witch-hunted because of his
revelation on $20bn missing oil money.
What is your take on this?

There are some agencies that are
technical. CBN is one of the agencies
that we should not play politics with or
politicise. One, the head of the agency
should do away with politics; the
president should also not play politics
with the agency.

With the situation in the country today
and the agitation on 2015, what advice
do you have for politicians not to create
more tension in the polity and what is
the way out?

The advice; many of us need to leave
politics while many others need to join,
in order to inject fresh blood. The people
that need to leave politics are not the
common people. This is in order to avert
the disaster that could rubbish our
democracy.

The Synagogue is now like a tourist
centre; what’s happening here that is
different from what is happening in
other churches?

There is nothing happening here that is
different from other living churches. If
there is any difference, it is the
availability of abundance of anointing to
meet needs. Where there is demand,
there is supply, says the Lord.