Day 13 - Election and Democratic Governance

Rigged elections, corruption and violence during electioneering campaigns and election days are problems that hinder true democratic governance in Nigeria and these happen despite billions of naira spent organizing these elections. The result is that those announced as winners are not the ones voted by the people. And all this is because of electoral malpractices. 2015 elections are a few months away and there is already tension in the polity occasioned by unguarded and selfish utterances.

Pray for 2015 elections:-

• Let us thank God for the successful June 21, 2014 gubernatorial elections in Ekiti State where the sitting governor conceded defeat to his opponent. Pray that this election, which has been described as free, fair, and peaceful and a true reflection of the wishes of the electorates by local and international monitors, should be replicated and improved upon in subsequent elections.

• Pray God to enable the electorates to shun bribes and all other electoral vices. Ask God to make Nigerians steadfast and never fall into the temptation to sell their votes.

• Pray that INEC should be an impartial and incorruptible electoral body

• Pray that security agencies be properly equipped to bring unruly people to order and particularly political thugs.

• Pray God to lead the electorates to vote into political offices people who are able, love the truth, fear God and who hate covetousness, (Exodus 18: 21).

• Pray God to give us leaders with a shepherd's heart; who will lead us with integrity of heart and skillfulness, (Psalm 78: 72).

• Pray God to give us men after His own heart; who have not soiled their hands with blood in the place of occultism (i.e. human rituals).

• Pray God to give us leaders who will not take or give bribe but walk uprightly and speak the truth always, (Psalm 15: 2 – 5).

• Pray God to prepare men and women such as these before the elections so that wicked men and women are voted out through the ballot boxes.

• Pray that Nigeria experiences free and fair elections now to 2015 and beyond.

• Pray God to give us violent free elections now to 2015 and beyond.

• Pray that there be honest and fair opposition and genuine leadership in Nigeria.

• Pray God to use the present political upheaval in the ruling party to turn things around for good for this nation. Pray that this crisis may bring about the much-needed purging Nigeria so desires.

• Pray God to upturn all plots by APC if their hidden agenda is to Islamize Nigeria. Also pray God to purge corruption in the opposition.