Methodist Church Nigeria has urged President Bola Tinubu’s administration to urgently take pragmatic steps to ameliorate hunger and other forms of sufferings of Nigerians, including addressing the battered economy and repairing the nation’s deplorable roads.

Methodist men, under the aegis of National Men’s Fellowship of the church, made the appeal in a communique issued at the end of the biennial national conference of the National Men’s Fellowship of the Methodist Church Nigeria, with the theme: “Men, Upholding the Faith of Our Fathers,” held at the Groves Memorial Methodist Cathedral, Ikot-Ekpene, Akwa Ibom State, from Thursday to Saturday, November 16-19, 2023.

The church noted that the time of surplus is coming in Nigeria, and appealed to all Nigerians not to be discouraged, especially with the removal of the fuel subsidy by President Tinubu and its attendant effects.

President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, was among the six distinguished Nigerians honoured with awards of Pillars of Support during the conference.

The communique, signed by the National Public Relations Officer, Tunde Babalola, highlighted key points, including “advocacy for faith and consistent prayer for a forthcoming time of surplus in Nigeria, acknowledgment of enduring challenges, particularly following the fuel subsidy removal, and a call for the government to institute policies that will strengthen institutions, condemnation of banditry, kidnapping, and insecurity, among others.