The Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria has announced plan to create wealth and employment opportunities for Christian youths in Nigeria through skill acquisitions.
The disclosure was made on Monday by the President of PFN, Bishop Wale Oke, during a three-day National Leaders’ Retreat of the body with the theme, ‘Gideon’s Army’ held at the International Skills Acquisition Centre. ISAC owns the CSS Integrated Farms, Gora, Nasarawa State.
The resolve came on the heels of the assurance given by the Chairman of the Centre, Prof. John Kennedy Okpara, who noted that the nation was blessed with human and material resources if properly harnessed.
While addressing the participants, Okpara expressed the willingness of his organisation to partner with the PFN in training their members in agriculture- related areas so as to help in wealth creation in Christendom and to cushion the effect of the biting economy.
Oke, who expressed concern on the high rate of unemployment among the youths in the land, said, “To this effect, the PFN has concluded plans to sponsor about 200 Christian youths of pentecostal denominations for the training and skills acquisition at ISAC.”
While speaking further at the event, the cleric announced that the 36 states’ chapters of the Fellowship, including the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, should forward at least, five names each to the PFN Secretariat for training at the CSS Integrated Farms.
Oke, who is also the Presiding Bishop of The Sword of the Spirit Ministries, Ibadan, said the body was determined to buoy up the country’s gliding economy through wealth and employment opportunities for its teeming youths, “through skills acquisition and farming.”
He disclosed to participants at the retreat the 10- point agenda of his leadership with an assurance to members that they would be beneficial to the body of Christ and the nation as a whole.
He said in his address of welcome that the emergence of the PFN leadership was divine, stressing that “The Lord has chosen us to lead the PFN at such a time as this when our nation is in dire need of divine intervention.
“We have an extremely serious business in our hands; to turn our nation from becoming a failed state to a bastion of global revival and the advancement of the gospel of Christ through the power of the Holy Spirit. Only God can do it.”
The programme, which had the national leaders of PFN, the state chairmen and their deputies and secretaries across the federation in attendance, witnessed teachings and paper presentations.
