Catholic priest, Reverend Father Ejike Mbaka, on Friday, had a private meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
The Director of the Adoration Ministry in Enugu said after the closed-door meeting that he was at the villa to commit the nation into the hands of God.
He assured that the country would witness good life as he observed that after the storm comes the calm.
Following the meeting, the Presidency issued a statement quoting the president as saying that one of the best exhortations to the nation he has heard from the pulpit was the one made early this year by Mbaka.
Signed by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, it said he made the observation while receiving the priest on a courtesy call. Buhari expressed his appreciation of the Catholic priest's exemplary courage.
"Thank you very much for what you have done and said. It brought you out to the whole country as a man of courage. It was honest and well delivered. It has gone into the records as one of the best concerns expressed from the pulpit, not because it favoured me and my party, the All Progressives Congress, but because it was good for the country," the president told Father Mbaka.
He reaffirmed his conviction that change will come to the country "with a lot of hard work, despite the security and economic problems."
The statement said Vice President Osinbajo, who was present at the president's audience with Father Mbaka, described the priest as a man "who stood for truth and propriety and declared corruption unacceptable."
He added that the Buhari's administration "is committed to truth and justice, and won't encourage corruption in any way."
Meanwhile, the president has cancelled an emergency meeting of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) that had been scheduled for Friday to approve the 2016 budget estimates.
Courtesy: TribuneNG
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