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Opeyemi Bamidele, the majority leader of the senate, has advised Nigerians not to be worried over the current economic situation in the country.

In his New Year message, the senator said God’s plan for Nigerians is to be a people of “peace, prosperity and a great future”.

He urged Nigerians  that 2024 “is not a year to live our lives according to proclamations and prophecies of some religious merchants, who are fond of foretelling evil about Nigeria”.

He added that “God did not create us to punish us” and “our future can be written in gold”.

“God’s plan for Nigeria is neither doom nor evil as evident in the Scripture. His plan for us as a people is peace, prosperity and a great future.

“And it is divinely ordained that His plans shall definitely come to pass if we hold fast the profession of our faith,” he said.

“As a people, we have a part to play in realising God’s plan for Nigeria. Our part is to daily trust in God Almighty for the fulfilment of all His promises; pray without ceasing for those He had ordained to rule over us and support the Government of Renewed Hope.

“We should all know that we have God who created us only for His glory, plan and purpose.

“We should therefore not walk by sight. We should walk by faith in God the Omniscient and Omnipotent.

“If we are obsessed with the present conditions of our economy, we will not see the glorious and great future that God has already set before us. If we cannot see such a glorious future, then we will find it to walk confidently into it.

“God did not create us to punish us. He did not create us to languish on earth. He did not create us to be at war.

“Rather, God created us in His own image, for His glory and according to His divine will. As I always say, our past is a story already told. Yet, our future can be written in Gold.”